IMPLEMENTATION OF PRISONER’S RIGHT OF EDUCATION AND WORK; THE LAW AND PRACTICE IN WORABE TOWN PRISON ADMINISTRATION

Abstract

This study’s cardinal purpose was at assessing the practice of the right to education and workofprisoners. Prisoners' education and work in the prison are emerging as a major corrections andsocial services issue. Right oriented services, almost non-existent a decade ago, are developing in institutional and community settings and a range of services including learning and works inthe prison centre. The study was conducted in worabe (silte zone) central prison centre. TheFDRE constitution allows the right to education and work of prisoners within the prisonpremises. 24 participants (14males and 10 females) were selected by using purposive sampling.The data obtained are analysed using table and percentage. The challenges for this right are thelaw itself and non-suitability of the prison administration. The law incorporated such rights theright to education and the right to work but there is no proclamation, regulation or directive hassituated way of implementation of those right unless imposing duty on the administration toimplement such rights. The government should bring out the rule and regulation for thatprisoner matriculation. The absence of institutional cooperation between institution like theprisoner administration with another institution like educational service and employer institution and there is no market accessibility for their production and labor force. The prison administration should be cooperated with other institution another one is there is lack of budgetto implementation of such right. The government should budget to the implementation of suchright.