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ABSTRACT
Once in prison, discrimination against women persists. This implies female inmates could be denied access to vocational and recreational programmes. Due to the larger numbers of male prisoners especially in prisons that are overcrowded or lacking resources, authorities often focus on the situation and needs of men. The study investigates the role of social works in reintegration of female inmates in correctional facilities in Edo prison. The study adopted the survey research design. A sample size was drawn from the total population of inmates in Benin prison. The findings show that prisons have not successfully achieved their objective according to the Nigerian Prison Act of (2001) which is to reform and rehabilitate offenders to be good and useful citizens. Therefore, rehabilitation programmes in the prisons are not as effective as expected. A number of recommendations were made among which is that the prison authority should provide earning schemes to female inmates to enhance their effective reintegration and rehabilitation into the society.
