Reintegration of Individuals with Recurring Criminal Behavior: An Investigation into Ineffectiveness of Institutional Support at Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Jails in Pakistan
Abstract
The current study was designed to explore the reintegration process of individuals with recurring criminal behavior through institutional support in Central Jails of Peshawar and Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The study adopted qualitative approach with a sample size of 30 interviewees from the target population in analogy with Creswell sampling technique. Data was collected through In-depth interviews (IDIs) under the purposive sampling technique, followed by thematic analysis. The primary objective of the study was to examine the current state of institutional support in the form of rehabilitation services available to recidivists in selected lock-ups. The study reveals that the sampled prisons didn’t offer enough rehabilitation programs to help the inmates reintegrate into society upon their release. Though the prisons had facilities of religious education, vocational training and counselling for jobs-gaining in the case of post-release, but being insufficient these couldn’t prove helpful in blocking the way of recidivism. The study suggests that the government should provide effective support in the form of maximum programs to help the prisoners become normal and useful citizens through engaging the services of sociologists as permanent employees at jails. By this way, they would be able to go out of the vicious circle of criminality forever and stand as productive members of society in different spheres of life. Apart from it, the concerned families and communities need to have friendly and positive attitude with member individuals committing crimes time and again.
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