Prison Education for Industrialisation: Killing Two Birds With a Single Stone

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Author(s): Mohamed Salum Msoroka (The Open University of Tanzania, Tanzania)
Copyright: 2021
Pages: 14
Source title: Handbook of Research on Nurturing Industrial Economy for Africa’s Development
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Frederick Muyia Nafukho (Texas A&M University, USA)and Alexander Boniface Makulilo (University of Dodoma, Tanzania)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-6471-4.ch023

Keywords: Business & Management / Economics & Economic Theory / Information Science Reference / Socio-Economic Development

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This qualitative study explores how prison education can provide necessary work skills to prisoners to enable them to become employable, and hence reduce recidivism rates. The chapter addresses two research questions: What is the link between prison education and industrialisation? and How relevant is prison education in reducing recidivism among the Tanzanian prisoners? The data were collected through documentary analysis. The findings suggest that there is a close relationship between prison education and industrialization. The chapter also suggests that prison education is a relevant approach in reducing recidivism rates among prisoners. This chapter argues that providing prisoners with relevant educational programmes might equip them with proper skills to become productive in society, and hence become employable after their release. Thus, giving prisoners a chance to education is like killing two birds with a single stone – developing a skilled labour force for industrial development and reducing recidivism rates.

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