Exploring the Lived Experiences of Prisoners with Disabilities in Amhara Regional State, Bahir Dar City Administration Correction House

Yismaw, Tadele

dc.contributor.author	Yismaw, Tadele
dc.date.accessioned	2021-07-09T08:05:32Z
dc.date.available	2021-07-09T08:05:32Z
dc.date.issued	2021-07-09
dc.identifier.uri	http://ir.bdu.edu.et/handle/123456789/12184
dc.description.abstract	The main purpose of the study was to explore the lived experiences of prisoners with disabilities in Amhara regional state, Bahir Dar city administration correction house. To do so, a qualitative hermeneutic phenomenological research design was utilized to guide this study. The data was collected from prisoners with disabilities and coordinators, health facilitators, justice expert, doctors and nurses, teachers, trainers, counselors and waiters through semi structured interview. Additionally, focus group discussion with prisoners and observation in correction house compound was employed. The twelve prisoners and nine prison staffs were selected by criterion purposive sampling technique. The collected data were analyzed by using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis and following the analysis procedures including organizing, reading the transcribed data, coding, developing themes, representing and reporting themes, and finally interpreting meanings of findings. The findings of this study reveal that even if Bahir Dar City Administration correction house provide services and has rules and regulations on the treatments of prisoners, but it is not consider prisoners with disabilities. There are limited appropriate and adapted services in correction house because the most programs, services and all over prison system planned for prisoners without disabilities. As a result, they face many challenges in health, education and training, communication, social interaction, physical environment and they have a miserly life experiences. Further, they have poor self-advocating and coping mechanism experience and they have no awareness about their rights in prison. The study implicates that the prison does not give attention for prisoners with disabilities and it tends to more serious problems for these prisoners and for other community members both in prison and out of the prison. Therefore, the government needs to made amendments in the provision of accessible services and evaluation programs on correctional institutions that consider prisoners with disabilities.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	Special Needs and Inclusive Education	en_US
dc.title	Exploring the Lived Experiences of Prisoners with Disabilities in Amhara Regional State, Bahir Dar City Administration Correction House	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US