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Empowering Adult Inmates with Communication Needs in an East Malaysia Prison

Communication skills are essential in our daily life because we communicate to pass information from one person to another. However, to have effective communication in a correctional environment, like prisons, is not easy. There are many distractions and barriers to communicate effectively in prison...

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Main Authors: Junaidah Januin, Veronica Petrus Atin, Wan Hurani Osman, Mohd Azri Ibrahim, Halina Sendera Mohd Yakin, Mohd Aqmal Hafidz, Sabariah Abd Rahim, Nor Dawirah Abdul Rahman
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Language:English
English
Published: Secholian Publication (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) 2023
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HM(1)-1281 Sociology
HV8301-9920.7 Penology. Prisons. Corrections
Online Access:https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/36232/1/ABSTRACT.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/36232/2/FULL%20TEXT.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/36232/
https://doi.org/10.47405/mjssh.v8i3.2173
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spelling my.ums.eprints.362322023-07-27T06:27:51Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/36232/ Empowering Adult Inmates with Communication Needs in an East Malaysia Prison Junaidah Januin Veronica Petrus Atin Wan Hurani Osman Mohd Azri Ibrahim Halina Sendera Mohd Yakin Mohd Aqmal Hafidz Sabariah Abd Rahim Nor Dawirah Abdul Rahman HM(1)-1281 Sociology HV8301-9920.7 Penology. Prisons. Corrections Communication skills are essential in our daily life because we communicate to pass information from one person to another. However, to have effective communication in a correctional environment, like prisons, is not easy. There are many distractions and barriers to communicate effectively in prisons. Although prison education should be seen as a way to educate inmates to successfully integrate in society upon their release, inmates face difficulties in getting enough reading materials, content and learning tools to enhance their communication skills. This may negatively affect their integration in society and employability after serving their sentences. Therefore, this study aimed to elicit the communication needs of the adult inmates in one of the local prisons in East Malaysia. We employed a textography research approach, where we combined textual analysis and an ethnographic method (interview), to investigate contexts, texts and practices of the prison studied. The findings showed that the inmates need to learn verbal and non-verbal communication, new technologies for communication and simple English conversations. This study is pertinent in providing insights for the development of suitable teaching and learning modules for prison learning institutions. Secholian Publication (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) 2023 Article NonPeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/36232/1/ABSTRACT.pdf text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/36232/2/FULL%20TEXT.pdf Junaidah Januin and Veronica Petrus Atin and Wan Hurani Osman and Mohd Azri Ibrahim and Halina Sendera Mohd Yakin and Mohd Aqmal Hafidz and Sabariah Abd Rahim and Nor Dawirah Abdul Rahman (2023) Empowering Adult Inmates with Communication Needs in an East Malaysia Prison. Malaysian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 8. pp. 1-15. https://doi.org/10.47405/mjssh.v8i3.2173
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English
topic HM(1)-1281 Sociology
HV8301-9920.7 Penology. Prisons. Corrections
spellingShingle HM(1)-1281 Sociology
HV8301-9920.7 Penology. Prisons. Corrections
Junaidah Januin
Veronica Petrus Atin
Wan Hurani Osman
Mohd Azri Ibrahim
Halina Sendera Mohd Yakin
Mohd Aqmal Hafidz
Sabariah Abd Rahim
Nor Dawirah Abdul Rahman
Empowering Adult Inmates with Communication Needs in an East Malaysia Prison
description Communication skills are essential in our daily life because we communicate to pass information from one person to another. However, to have effective communication in a correctional environment, like prisons, is not easy. There are many distractions and barriers to communicate effectively in prisons. Although prison education should be seen as a way to educate inmates to successfully integrate in society upon their release, inmates face difficulties in getting enough reading materials, content and learning tools to enhance their communication skills. This may negatively affect their integration in society and employability after serving their sentences. Therefore, this study aimed to elicit the communication needs of the adult inmates in one of the local prisons in East Malaysia. We employed a textography research approach, where we combined textual analysis and an ethnographic method (interview), to investigate contexts, texts and practices of the prison studied. The findings showed that the inmates need to learn verbal and non-verbal communication, new technologies for communication and simple English conversations. This study is pertinent in providing insights for the development of suitable teaching and learning modules for prison learning institutions.
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author Junaidah Januin
Veronica Petrus Atin
Wan Hurani Osman
Mohd Azri Ibrahim
Halina Sendera Mohd Yakin
Mohd Aqmal Hafidz
Sabariah Abd Rahim
Nor Dawirah Abdul Rahman
author_facet Junaidah Januin
Veronica Petrus Atin
Wan Hurani Osman
Mohd Azri Ibrahim
Halina Sendera Mohd Yakin
Mohd Aqmal Hafidz
Sabariah Abd Rahim
Nor Dawirah Abdul Rahman
author_sort Junaidah Januin
title Empowering Adult Inmates with Communication Needs in an East Malaysia Prison
title_short Empowering Adult Inmates with Communication Needs in an East Malaysia Prison
title_full Empowering Adult Inmates with Communication Needs in an East Malaysia Prison
title_fullStr Empowering Adult Inmates with Communication Needs in an East Malaysia Prison
title_full_unstemmed Empowering Adult Inmates with Communication Needs in an East Malaysia Prison
title_sort empowering adult inmates with communication needs in an east malaysia prison
publisher Secholian Publication (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
publishDate 2023
url https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/36232/1/ABSTRACT.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/36232/2/FULL%20TEXT.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/36232/
https://doi.org/10.47405/mjssh.v8i3.2173
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