Abstract
This paper has gauged the existence and effectiveness of pre and post
release services to the prisoners in the context of Khyber-Pakhtukhwa
(KP), Pakistan prisons. Seven jails of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
including four central prisons i.e., Peshawar, Bannu, Haripure, DI
khan and three district prisons i.e., Temargara, Mardan and Kohat
were purposively selected. Out of 268 respondents, 250 jail inmates
were randomly selected within the seven jails of the province and
interviewed through semi-structured questionnaire. The remaining 18
respondents, purposively selected and interviewed through interviewguide included judges, lawyers, jail officials, human rights activists and
ex-prisoners. Concurrent triangulation (Mixed methodology) was
adopted to collect and analyze the data. It was found that prisoners in
Pakistan face myriad challenges (social, financial, jobs, psychological
etc) in their post-release life which are stumbling blocks to their
readjustment. Moreover, there was no effective network of educational,
vocational, pre and post release interventions, nor government had any
follow-up strategy for the released prisoners, making them prone to
their past deviant life style. Released prisoners must be passed through
a well calculated arrangement of pre and post release services. Media,
NGOs and criminal justice agencies must aware people to extend their
all-out support to the released and not treat them persona no grata.
Government should revisit the laws (if any) which bar past convicted
prisoners to be fit for any public office/government job and the whole
criminal justice system (police, prisons, judiciary, parole and
probation) needs to be streamlined.
Rais Gul. (2018) AN ANALYSIS OF THE PRE AND POST RELEASE SERVICES TO THE PRISONERS AND ITS IMPACT ON THEIR REINTEGRATION (A CASE STUDY OF SELECTED PRISONS OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, PAKISTAN, Pakistan , Volume 54, Issue 1.
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