The Role of Cultural Activities in Correction and Education and Return of Prisoners to Life (A Case Study of Hamedan Central Prison)

The purpose of this study is to determine the role of cultural activities in the reform and education and return of prisoners to life in Hamaden Central Prison. The research method was descriptive-survey and the statistical population of the study consisted of prisoners participating in educational and cultural activities and classes of Hamaden Central Prison who have been released from prison during the past year; Since it was not possible to access all the released prisoners, so the statistical population of this study was determined all the prisoners of Hamaden Central Prison who were released from Hamedan Central Prison during the past year and to file a case to the Social Services and Aftercare Department. The General Administration of Prisons of Hamedan Province have referred; Therefore, 209 people participated in this study as an available sample. The instrument of this research was a researcher-made questionnaire in the form of Likert scale; To measure the reliability, Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used on 22 samples, the value of which was measured more than 0.7. The method of data analysis was statistical, descriptive and inferential. The results obtained from SPSS software indicated that the role of cultural activities in prisons and its dimensions such as raising the level of awareness and scientific knowledge of prisoners, filling their leisure time, raising the level of religious and moral values of prisoners, improving the level of health and The change in prisoners' attitudes toward crime in correctional education and the return of prisoners to life was above average. The cultural activities of the prison mostly led to a change in the attitude of prisoners towards crime and the least effect was related to improving the level of health. In ranking the role of activities