Exploring the perspectives of young offenders and correctional officers on rehabilitation programmes in Malawi: A mixed methods study

Figures & data

Table 1. Young offenders’ perceptions on their involvement in the rehabilitation planning process

						95% Confidence Interval for Mean
		N	Mean	Std. Dev	Std. Error	Lower bound	Upper bound	Min	Max
I had sessions with a psychologist or social worker regarding my offence, and how I related with my community, family, friends and teachers at school
	NGO-supported	60	4.00	1.302	.168	3.66	4.34	1	5
	Gender-mixed	65	4.45	1.132	.140	4.17	4.73	1	5
	Modern-built	60	3.82	1.308	.169	3.48	4.15	1	5
	City-situated	60	4.72	.865	.112	4.49	4.94	1	5
	Pure farming	45	4.91	.358	.053	4.80	5.02	3	5
	Total	290	4.35	1.147	.067	4.22	4.48	1	5

Table 2. Young offenders’ perceptions on their involvement in the rehabilitation planning process

						95% Confidence Interval for Mean
		N	Mean	Std. Dev	Std. Error	Lower bound	Upper bound	Min	Max
I have a correctional rehabilitation or intervention plan
	NGO-supported	60	4.37	.991	.128	4.11	4.62	1	5
	Gender-mixed	65	4.91	.341	.042	4.82	4.99	3	5
	Modern-built	60	4.25	.600	.077	4.09	4.41	2	5
	City-situated	60	4.98	.129	.017	4.95	5.02	4	5
	Pure farming	45	4.93	.330	.049	4.83	5.03	3	5
	Total	290	4.68	.648	.038	4.60	4.75	1	5
All activities and programmes I have been involved in and within my correctional rehabilitation or intervention plan
	NGO-supported	60	4.28	.993	.128	4.03	4.54	1	5
	Gender-mixed	65	4.92	.322	.040	4.84	5.00	3	5
	Modern-built	60	4.23	.621	.080	4.07	4.39	2	5
	City-situated	60	4.98	.129	.017	4.95	5.02	4	5
	Pure farming	45	4.76	.773	.115	4.52	4.99	1	5
	Total	290	4.63	.709	.042	4.55	4.72	1	5

Table 3. Cross tabulations: activities involving young offenders

Facility		None	Education	Farming	Vocat/Tech	Religious activities	Others	Total
NGO-supported: Count		2	36	47	12	5	6	108
	% within the facility	1.9%	33.3%	43.5%	11.1%	4.6%	5.6%	100.0%
Gender-mixed: Count		1	37	49	9	27	5	128
	% within the facility	0.8%	28.9%	38.3%	7.0%	21.1%	3.9%	100.0%
Modern-built: Count		15	16	39	6	-	1	77
	% within the facility	19.5%	20.8%	50.6%	7.8%	-	1.3%	100.0%
City-situated: Count		12	48	-	-	1	3	64
	% within the facility	18.8%	75.0%	-	-	1.6%	4.7%	100.0%
Pure farming: Count		-	-	45	1	1	1	48
	% within the facility	-	-	93.8%	2.1%	2.1%	2.1%	100.0%
Total Count		30	137	180	28	34	16	425
	% of total	7.1%	32.2%	42.4%	6.6%	8.0%	3.8%	100.0%

Notes: *Others include sports, Prisoners’ Journey, cleaning and drama.