•Zakariya Mohammed When Zakariya Mohammed was sent to the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Billiri, Gombe State, in December 2020, to serve his time, he was overwhelmed with despair. For days, he was frustrated with life, wondering how he would spend the years of his sentence within the four walls of a prison. However, things changed [&hellip...
Simmons was released in July after serving a total of 48 years, one month and 18 days in prison. A 71-year-old man has been declared innocent in the US state of Oklahoma after spending nearly 50 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. Glynn Simmons, who is Black, served more time behind […]
•Prison The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) said no fewer than 53,836 inmates in the 253 correctional centres nationwide are awaiting trial as of December 18. The spokesperson of the service, Assistant Controller of Corrections (ACC), Abubakar Umar, told our correspondent in Abuja today. Umar said the summary of the inmates across the cou...
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