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
Keywords:
Prisoners, Central Jails, Inmates, Release, ReintegrationAbstract
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 interview- guide 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.
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