Determination the View Points and Expectation Levels of  Inmates in Prisons about Physical Education and Sports

Fethi Yıldırım; Yuksel Savucu; Yonca Sureyya Bicer; Mustafa Karadag

Volume : II, Issue : VIII, August - 2013

Determination the View Points and Expectation Levels of Inmates in Prisons about Physical Education and Sports

Fethi Y Ld R M, Yuksel Savucu, Yonca Sureyya Bicer, Mustafa Karadag

Abstract :

The purpose of this study was to determine the expectation levels and the view points of sports and Physical Education for the prisoners in penal institutions. The nature of study was consisted of the resident prisoners in penal institutions under the Ministry of Justice, its sample from 147 male inmates staying in E–type of closed prison in the province of Elazig. The validity of P<0.05 was analyzed as the level of significance at a statistics program given in the end of the research. According to the research results; prisoners had high interest in sport generally, the duration of sports should be extended, for doing more regularly conscious sports they need help from an expert absolutely; at the same time, charging a certain amount of payment to cover their own needs in prison was seen to be encouraging concerning playing sports by the various non–governmental organizations or Ministry of Justice to prisoners who exercised regularly. Also, concerning about some expecting opinions be met were revealed such as the improving sports fields and by showing necessary sensibility about making regular physical cleanings after doing sports of prisoners.