•Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule yesterday decried the large number of inmates awaiting trial at the Keffi Medium Security Correctional Centre. He noted this during a visit to the facility in the Keffi Local Government Area of the state, a day after 16 inmates reportedly escaped from the facilit...
•Prisons officials on parade The Nigerian Correctional Service (Prisons) has acknowledged significant challenges in managing the country’s 3,845 death row inmates, describing the current system as flawed and unsustainable. Assistant Controller General Cyrus Lekatile presented these concerns today during the third public hearing of the Independ...
•Prison Sixteen inmates of the Medium security custodial centre, Keffi, Nasarawa State, have escaped from the facility after launching attacks on personnel of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) within the facility. It was gathered that five of the personnel sustained varying degrees of injuries following the attacks, reports The Nation. ...
•Prison Seven inmates have escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Ilesa, Osun State, after the facility’s old perimeter wall collapsed. Their escape followed an overnight rainfall yesterday, with the breach occurring around 2:00 am and was caused by the structural failure of the wall during the storm, reports Channels TV. NCoS sp...
•Acting Controller-General of the Service, Sylvester Nwakucheee taking salute The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), otherwise known as the Nigeria Prisons, has sought the intervention of the Inspector-General of Police, the Chief Justice of the Federation (CJN), the Attorney General of the Federation, state Chief Justices, and other stakeh...
•Governor Bassey Otu No fewer than 45 prisoners have regained their freedom through Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River’s exercise of his prerogative of mercy. The inmates who regained their freedom convicted for various offenses and have spent considerable period in the Correctional center in the state, reports NAN. In a statement by his...
•Prison gate Behind prison walls, the life of inmates is a stark contrast to the freedom people take for granted. For inmates, each day begins under the cloak of confinement, with a monotonous routine that is only broken by the rare arrival of visitors, reports Daily Trust. The prison gates, steel doors, and the constant […]
•Prison In commemoration of the World Day Against Death Penalty, the Advocates Sans Frontiers, ASF, France, otherwise known as Lawyers Without Borders, yesterday, expressed its concern over the swelling number of inmates awaiting execution in various prisons across the country. The organisation, through its Country Director, Ms. Angela Uzoma-I...
•Ex-convict crossdresser, Bobrisky Prison experts have clarified why controversial crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, was separated from other inmates at the correctional centre while denying claims of a VIP section. Speaking on Arise TV this morning, the Director General of the Prison Rehabilitation Mission, Bishop Kayo...
•Prisoners No fewer than 3,590 inmates across the custodial centres in Nigeria are on death row, the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), has revealed. NCoS Public Relations Officer, Assistant Controller of Corrections (ACC) Abubakar Umar made this known while speaking to our correspondent today in Abuja. Umar said that the total number of inm...
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