The purpose of the study was to find the effect stress of staff at Penjara Pengkalan Chepa Kelantan.Three specific research objectives which guided the study were to study on the relevancy of workload amongs the Pengkalan Chepa’s prison staffs;To study on the performance of staff officer at Pengkalan Chepa prison and to evaluate the relationship between workload of staff and staff officer performance.The study was conducted at Penjara Pengkalan Chepa Kelantan.The methods used during data collection were,documentary review and interviews.This study shows that the workload and difficulty for the holidays is the effect of contributing to the performance of an employee in Pengkalan Chepa prison.The research was conducted through interviews and observations.A total of 8 respondents who were interviewed during this study.This review is the limit on the Pengkalan Chepa prison only from the findings,it is recommended that the various parties responsible for prison staff to help deal with the problem.