Animasahun, R. A.2019-03-272019-03-272010-030892-21786African Journal for the Study of Educational Issues 5 (1), pp. 107-111ui_art_animasahun_comparative_2010http://ir.library.ui.edu.ng/handle/123456789/4631The study compared the temperamental attributes of prisoners with non-prisons to determine particular temperamental areas where prisoners excelled as well as the least possessed by them compared with the non-prisoners. One hundred inmates of Agodi prison as well as One hundred non prisoners in Ibadan participated in the study. The main instrument used for the study was a structured temperamental questionnaire adapted from Honk (2004), t-test statistic was used to analyze the four tested hypotheses. The results revealed that no Significant difference existed between prisoners and non-prisoners on temperamental attributes; however, the mere fact prisoners excelled on choleric, melancholic and phlegmatic temperaments based on means and SD results calls for attention, and recommendation were made towards conscious remediation of temperamental excessesenPrisonersNon-prisonersTemperamentalAttributesArticle