Citation
Ortega Vila, Gema and Abad Robles, Manuel Tomás and Robles Rodríguez, José and Durán González, Luís Javier and Franco Martín, Jorge and Jiménez Sánchez, Ana Concepción and Giménez Fuentes-Guerra, Francisco Javier
(2020).
Analysis of a Sports-Educational Program in Prisons.
"International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health", v. 17
(n. 10);
ISSN 1660-4601.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17103467.
Abstract
The aim of this study was to analyze the implementation of a sports-educational program in prisons where the Real Madrid Foundation’s Social-Sports Program is carried out. For that purpose, a survey of 468 inmates was conducted at 21 prisons in Spain where the Real Madrid Foundation implements its program (441 men (94.23%) and 27 women (5.77%)). Inmates stated that the program had had a favorable influence on their life in prison and considered that their participation in the program might have a significant influence on the likelihood of them continuing to play sports when they are released. In addition, inmates felt that they had learned a great deal about the contents relating to football and the values they had worked on, and that the program had had a very positive effect on their overall development as a person.