Each prisoner in the country’s jail facilities reportedly costs the federal government N1 million per year to support. This was revealed in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja by Sola Fasure, media adviser to the Minister of the Interior. The statement said that the minister made the remarks while opening a hospital and medical Read More…
Three Hundred and Fifty Two inmates are on death row at the Kirikiri Maximum Correctional Centre, according to the Controller of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), Lagos State, Mr Adewale Adebisi. Adebisi made the disclosure on Wednesday while delivering his address of welcome at the 2022 Correctional Centres Decongestion Exercise. The decongestion exercise is in Read More…
As part of its mandate to ensure that inmates awaiting trial have access to adequate legal representation, the Lagos State Directorate of Citizens’ Right on Thursday paid a visit to the Badagry Correctional Centre. The visit was made alongside representatives of the Office of the Public Defender (OPD) and the Community Service Unit of the Read More…