EFFECT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS OF PRISONS AND REMAND INSTITUTIONS ON THE INMATES: A CASE STUDY OF AGODI PRISON AND JUVENILE REMAND HOME, ALARO, IBADAN, OYO STATE, NIGERIA.

*BABATUNDE LUQMAN OLAKUNLE & **OLABODE B. O.

*Department of Architectural Technology, The Oke-Ogun Polytechnic, Saki, Oyo State

**Department of General Studies, The Oke-Ogun Polytechnic, Saki, Oyo State

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ABSTRACT

There has been a serious concern over the increase in the population of the inmates of the various prison institutions in Nigeria, coupled with unspeakable conditions. Although, several measures have been implemented by the federal government, a conducive environment for the prison inmates is yet to be achieved. Against this background, the paper examines the conditions of prison homes in Ibadan as it affects the attitude and behaviour of inmates with a view to making recommendations that will enhance their dignity as human beings. Compared to previous researches, this paper evaluates the maintenance and management of prison homes, the effect of poor conditions in the reformative and rehabilitative programmes of our prisons. Two hundred and six (206) inmates, which equal to 30% of the population of the inmates of Agodi prison and 20 inmates, which is 50% of the total population of the inmates of juvenile Remand home, Alaro were sampled making a total of 226 inmates sampled. The study employed regression analysis to ascertain the relationship between the conditions of prison homes and the attitude of their inmates and the results revealed that the relationship between the conditions in Prison homes in Ibadan and the attitude of inmates is positive (2.574) and based on the t-value (6.935) and p-value (0.000), it can be concluded that this relationship is statistically significant. Further, the result revealed that 94.20% of the population of the inmates of Agodi Prison were awaiting trials and the percentage population of male to female inmate stood at 99.4% to 0.06%. Speedy trial and rapid justice of awaiting suspected persons by the judiciary, resuscitation of vocational programs and training for the inmates among others were recommended by the paper.