Information Behaviour and Wellbeing of Prisoners in Nigeria

The Nigeria Prisons operate below several benchmarks including the “United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners” which focused on prisoners’ reformation and rehabilitation. The wellbeing of prisoners in Nigeria is generally below the accepted standards. The country’s high crime rate resulting from political imbroglio, mass unemployment, embezzlement and misappropriation of public fund have left the department of correctional services with massive issue of overcrowding and a lack of inadequate resources, leaving thousands of prison inmates subject to human right violations. This book Information behaviour and socio-psychological wellbeing of prisoners in Nigeria (IBSWPI)”. provides an indepth treatment of information behaviour components (information needs, seeking, availability, accessibility and use) and how they influence the socio-psychological wellbeing of prisoners in Nigeria.