Inmates at the Correctional Center in Jos, Plateau State, on Friday, staged a protest due to a reduction in their food supply. The head of the Jos Correctional Center, Raphael Ibinuhi confirmed the incident. Ibinuhi said the problem has to do with the high cost of goods in the market. He stated that the contractor…

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 the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday. Umar said the summary of the inmates across…

As part of the efforts to decongest the Correctional Centres, the Federal Government has settled N52m fines and compensation for 399 inmates at various centres across Kaduna State. Dr Ado Saleh, Comptroller of Correctional Service, Kaduna State, disclosed this during the Inauguration of the initiative at Zaria on Monday. Saleh said, “We are here to…

The purported release to the public of over 4,000 inmates serving various prison terms in Nigeria ostensibly to decongest the prisons is a very bad and sad omen for the entire country.

As part of continuing effort to decongest custodial centers across the country and make them humane for proper reformation and rehabilitation, a total of 4, 068 inmates on option of fines worth N585 million have been set free.

Rivers State Chief Judge, Justice Simeon Chibuzor Amadi, yesterday, granted pardon to 53 inmates standing trial for different offences at the Port Harcourt Maximum Correctional Centre.

Dangote Cement, Gboko plant in Benue State has reached out to orphans, juvenile inmates, women and the aged during its sustainability week. During the week, the company visited the orphanage at Mkar in Gboko Local Council as well as the Juvenile Correctional Centre at Ubangaji, also in Gboko. The high point of the week-long event was…

Three inmates were found hanged Wednesday in a prison in Ecuador, where more than 400 people have died in bloody gang clashes at detention centers since 2021, authorities said.