| Abstrakt: |
In today's effort to foster a better understanding on the concept of imprisonment, it is essential to presume that a prison is not a place to punish offenders, but as an institution which is responsible to rehabilitate, guide and educate offenders so that they may become disciplined and responsible individuals upon their return to the community. In the Malaysian context, rehabilitation of criminal offenders has become the government's main agenda in its pursuit to reduce the commission of crimes. Taking cognisance of this reality, the Government through the Government Transformation Plan emphasized on the need to improve the prison rehabilitation programme in order to reduce the tendency of repetition in the commission of offences. This writing, which adopts the qualitative approach attempts to explain the implementation of prison rehabilitation programme for criminal offenders who are serving terms of imprisonment. This writing is based on reference to documents relating to rehabilitation module in prison apart from interviewing experts. The importance of this writing is seen in its emphasis on the experiences of the Malaysian Prison Department in developing and in implementing the rehabilitation module in prison. The findings show that the development of the rehabilitation module for criminal offenders serving their imprisonment terms is well-balanced, taking into consideration of various aspects which include physical rehabilitation, mental, attitude, behaviour and spiritual. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
