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ASSESSMENT OF ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS AVAILABLE AND HEALTH IMPLICATIONS OF PRISON INMATES IN SOUTH-EAST, NIGERIA

Abstract: The study investigated availability of entrepreneurial skills in South East, Nigeria prisons. Based on the purpose of the study, 1 research questions was raised and one hypothesis postulated that guided the study. It employed descriptive Survey design. Population of the study was 9,241 prison inmates.  Multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select a sample of 924 subjects comprising 116 convicted inmates and 808 non-convicted prison inmates. The instrument for data collection was Questionnaire for Entrepreneurial Skills and Counselling Services in Prison (QESCSP). The face and content validities of the instrument was assured. In determining the reliability of the instrument, Cronbach Alpha test was used, reliability co-efficient of 0.73 was obtained. The research question raised was answered using descriptive statistic (Frequency, percentage scores). The major findings showed that there are entrepreneurial skills for prison inmates in South-East Nigeria. There was no significant difference between the responses of convicted and non-convicted prison inmates on the counselling services available to prison inmates. 

Keywords: Entrepreneurial Skills, Prison Inmates, Health Implications, South-East, Nigeria.