Abstract: The main purpose of Nigeria Correctional Centre is to provide services that reform and rehabilitate inmates. Unfortunately, the inmates in the Correctional Facilities in Nigeria are faced with a lot of challenges ranging from welfare to health. This studyis aimed at examining correctional health workers' aggressive behaviour and the wellbeing of the inmates in Enugu Correctional Service. The study is a qualitative study where only in-depth interview was adopted. The population of the study is 2130 inmates and 11 health workers and the sample size for the study is 337 respondents. In-depth interview was used as the instrument for data collection. The result revealed,among other things, that......
Keywords: Aggressive Behaviour, Attitude, Correctional Services, Wellbeing, Reformation
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