INFLUENCE OF EDUCATION AS A WELFARE SERVICE ON PRISONERS: A STUDY ON CORRECTIONAL HOME IN WEST BENGAL

We all know that prisoners are isolated apart from the mainstream of society and kept in correctional institutions for the purpose of punishing and correcting them. Prisoners also need basic things like food, drinking water, and shelter to survive like normal human beings. Prisoners get various welfare services and benefits from their correctional homes through the government. Education is one of the prison welfare services that helps prisoners change from their notorious or rude behavior to mankind and leads them back to their normal social lives. This research paper's study was conducted on a correctional home of West Bengal i.e. Asansol Sub Correctional Home. The researcher collected valuable responses from 23 samples by using both primary and secondary sources and explored prisoners' satisfaction with getting education services and its influence on them. After analyzing the respondents' data, it was found that 83% of prisoners are satisfied, and the dissatisfied prisoners are not interested in education or courses offered by the prison authority. To make prisoners interested, authorities may introduce some vocational or job-related training courses that help them find a suitable job after their release. The authority may take the initiative to introduce technological advancements in providing education services like online courses for the betterment of prisoners. This study will help the govt. in making new policies for prison welfare services and for the betterment of prisoners. Finally, it can be said that every prison authority should take the initiative to correct them by providing advanced education services and returning them to the mainstream of society.