Effect of Rehabilitation Counselling on Physical and Moral Self Concept of Prison Inmates in Nasarawa State

The study investigated the effect of rehabilitation counselling on physical and on moral self concept of prison inmates in Nasarawa State. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The study employed experimental research design. The population was 525 inmates from two prisons in Keffi and Lafia prisons. The sample size was 60 inmates. The study adopted purposive sampling technique. The two sets of questionnaire for data collection namely; Physical and Moral Self-Concept Scale (PMSCS) with reliability coefficients of 0.96 and 0.77 respectively. The instrument was t validated by two experts in Guidance and Counselling in Department of Educational Foundations, Benue State University, Makurdi. The data collected were analysed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions and t-test test hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The study revealed that there is significant effect of rehabilitation counselling on physical and moral self concept of prison inmates in Nasarawa State. Based on the findings, it was recommended that counsellors should help inmates on the need for regular exercise in order to improve their appearances, body fats and so forth. Also, moral lessons should be introduced in prison by counsellors so as to improve inmates' morality