Zapf Chancery Publishers Africa Ltd.

Chapter Title: Appendix IV: Interview schedule for Officers-In-Charge

Book Title: Diet of Worms

Book Subtitle: Quality of Catering in Kenyan Prisons
Book Author(s): Jacqueline Cheptepkeny Korir
Published by: Zapf Chancery Publishers Africa Ltd.. (2011)
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 The Quality of Catering in Kenyan Prisons

Appendix IV

Interview schedule for Officers-In-Charge

This questionnaire is to collect data for purely academic purposes.

The study seeks to find out the factors affecting the quality of catering
services in selected Prisons in Kenya. All information will be treated
with strict confidence. Do not put any name or identification on this
questionnaire.

Name of Prison:___________________________

Please tick or fill in the blank spaces as appropriate

Section A: Personal information

1. Age Below 25 yrs 26-30yrs

31-40 yrs Above 40 yrs

2. Your Gender. Please tick. Male Female

3. Marital status. Married Single Windowed

Divorced Separated

4. Highest level of education attained: Form four

Form six College University
Primary Non

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If College or University, Specify area of specialization___________

_________________________________________________

6. Number of years in service Below 5 yrs

5 - 10 yrs above 10 yrs

7. Where do you live? Employer Rented house

With parents/Relatives Other

Section B: Type of food

1. What is your view about the type of food served in prisons?
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________

2. Please tick the food items ordered by the management in prison.

FOOD YES NO
A Maize
B Beans
C Soya flour
D Ndengu (green grams)
E Meat
F Milk
G Sugar
H Salt
I Vegetable oil or ghee
J Green Vegetables
K Carrots
L Potatoes
M Sweet Potatoes

3. For items not ordered in no. 2, what problems do you face in

receiving them?
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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4. Are you satisfied with the type of food given to prisoners?

YES / NO

Section C: Food service

1. Are you satisfied with the way food is served? YES / NO

2. What challenges are faced in food service?

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Section D: Food production

33. Are you satisfied with food preparation in prisons?
YES / NO

34. What challenges are faced in food preparation?

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________

35. If catering services are improved, do you think it can help in

reforming prisoners? Yes/ No
Please explain your answer____________________________
_____________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

36. If catering services are improved, do you think it can make

prisoners enjoy being in prison hence increase crime rate
Yes No
Please explain your answer ___________________________
_____________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

37. a) Are there situations where prisoners are denied or given

more food for different reasons? Yes/No
b If yes, Specify the situations …………………………………
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38. How much influence do you think food has on the behaviour of
prisoners? (please tick)
None Very little Unsure Some A lot

Please explain your answer _____________________________

39. Do you think there is need to improve catering in prisons?

YES / NO

40. Do you think the amount allocated to your prison is adequate?

YES / NO

41. Make recommendations on how you think the catering

services in prisons can be improved
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Section E: Overall rating on the level of satisfaction on the

quality of catering in prisons
Please circle the appropriate one depending on the level of your
satisfaction with the quality of catering in prisons. Compared to how
satisfied I expect to be with the quality of catering in prisons, I find
that I am:

5. (Very satisfied) 4. (Satisfied) 3. (Slightly satisfied) 2.

(Dissatisfied) 1. (Very dissatisfied)

END OF QUESTIONNAIRE
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