Special Diamond Found from Prison

Abstract The study aims to examine the factors that cause positive behavior changes while in jail and after release. The research questions are: 1) How does imprisonment change a criminal towards positive behavior? 2) What causes the ex-convict to change after release? 3) How to maintain the good change after release? This study is qualitative and retrospective in nature. Observation and semi-structured interviews were administered. The sample was a prisoner who is illiterate and lacks nurture from his family since childhood. During his imprisonment, his inmate, a religious teacher encouraged him and the other prison mates to study religion and perform religious acts. From the interview it is found that due to encouragement and habitual religious practices the prisoners have changed to a positive behavior; both in prison and outside due to the nurtured environment. It is recommended that suitable environments be planned especially in the spiritual aspect.