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Abstract
This study explore the challenges facing correctional education in Nigeria. The paper is a position paper. The paper depend on secondary data. The secondary data were collected from online and print resources. The study concluded that inadequate funding, inadequate infrastructure facilities, shortage of facilitators (teachers), shortage of instructional resources, poor participation of private organization, inadequate current data to plan correctional education and attack on correctional centres are the challenges facing correctional education in Nigeria. Based on the findings, the paper hereby recommends the following; government through the ministry of interior should increase the budgetary allocation to the department in charge of correctional education. Modern infrastructure facilities should be provided in all the correctional centres through the government and private institutions. More professional teachers and administrators should be deployed to the various schools in the facilities through audit of all officer with educational qualification in the ministry. Federal ministry of interior and other federal government agencies should collaborate with the religious institutions, international organization and private institutions and solicits their full participation in the correctional education.