The role of education and skills training at kallitti: the case of Addis Ababa city prison Administration
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2011-04
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Addis Ababa Universty
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This silidy atlelllp!<!d 10 discuss Ihe role of Educalion and Skills Training Cenler al
Kallilli ill Addis Ababa prison atimillislrtlliull. It addressed 111'0 basic isslles on rhe role of
Ihe celller, The jir,"1 one was lIiulri-ji,cel<:d role ofeducarioll and rechnicallraining while
Ihe prisoners weN ill rhe pri,'on, n,e second illlporrlllil poinl was rhe rule ofeducalion
and the training ill ('nabling liIe prisoners ro live ill harmony wirh rhe society in lIlany
aspeers, To accolllplish this, the srlldy LlIi1ized ijllalitarive research design rhat was
illlplemented by colleeling and anlllyzing qualilalive data, Three clala collection
illsrrulilents were IIscd, infen'iell', ubseI'l'IIrion allil doculIlent ({Illllysis, The instrulllents
were used!O collect borh prilliu/y und sec(lndwy sources ofdala, ille prill1my dala were
col/eeled frolll Ihe if/slirllliun under im'esligaliun, lIIainly FOIl1 Ihe lrainees, Ihe Irainers,
prison adminisrr(l{iun ufficials, and rhe released oj}i!nder, The secondary dma for Ihis
sluriy werl! Ihe a\'(/ilable doct/menrs; like case records, lrainees' reporl card, published
prison dairies ele, Accordingly Ihe Slll.!y illl'esligaled series ()f Ihe persunal experiences
of several individllals whi!z Ihey "'ere ill alld ajier Ihey \Vere released ji'01ll Ihe cemer,
Thlls il was orgalli:e" ill IIJ IIl1rrlllire lIlIalysis alld several series of case swciies,
Respondenls fbI' Ihe illlerriew \rere seleeled Ihrollgh pllrposive salllplillg. Officials,
trainees, tmine)'s {lnd released of/ellders were selecled. The released offenders were
selected Ihrollgll amilobi!ilY sall/plillg The pllrpuse(id seleclioll o/parliciponls was done
llsing dijferenl crilaia, like experiellce ill Ihe prisoll aI leasl abol'e I\VO years bec{luse
Ifrey underslOoci Ihe area o/ Imilling s),slelll, n,e olher crileria lI'as Ihal Ihey were
p{lrlicipating in Ihe lraining reccllfly. Fllnher crileria in seleeling Ihe adlllinisiralive slqlf
were based 011 e,\periences and Ihose lI'ho l((ld direci relalion wilh Ihe Iraining center
were ,I'elected as resJxlnden:s Jar Ilze swdy, In Ihe {In{llysis several jilClors thlll pushed
individllals' 10 cOllllllif crillle ilI:d du 1II{II1Y illegal ((clivilies were idemiJieel. Of Ihose
fac tors the IIIOSI serio liS ones like cXlrellle poverly, 10\1' educational background, and the
1)7)e of Occup((liontiley engaged ill b40re illlprisOlllllcm were idemijied ill order Ihlll Ihe
rehabililalion process "wough ed/iCalion and Iraining would be sllccessful. A number of
educalion and I('cilnical Irait:ing (II le(w for lillliled percenlage of Ihe prisollers were
girel1. Metal lI'ork, \ruoel \l'Ork, bricklayiflg, lai/orillg, ,,,eaving, hairdressing, elllbroidety,
accoullfing and (Jffice lII{(nagell/elifs \rere sOll/e of Ihe lrainings given in Ihe cenler,
Signijicanl nUlllber of pris•oners ga ined {/ 101 ji'UII/ Ihe lrainillgs ill lIlany aspecIs,
Econolllic adV(lnlage \I'as Ihe lIIajur aile; prisuners cOlild help Ihelllseives und Iheir
falllilies, Nexi to ecollolllic, social alld p,l)'chological advClnlages were prolllinenl, which
enabled Ihe prisollers 10 be illlerac'lil'e (llld psyc/wlogically Fee FOIII possible lIIel1fal
dislllrbance, In facI, a IIl1m be,. uf 111<111 "Iso leal'lll ill regular eduwlion progralll in Ihe
center frolll .;'''- J(I" gmde, 011 Ihe buses of Ihe fin clings sigllijicmlf conclusiolls were
IIwde, Finally several recullllllellduliulIS lire /ul'\mrded ill urder "wi Ihe observable
crilical problellls \rQuld be solved.
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