The board chairman of the Prison Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Dr Olayide Adelami, celebrated Christmas with inmates on Wednesday at Owo Correctional Facility and charged them to spend time reflecting on God's words and acknowledging Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. Referencing the book of Isaiah chapter 9 verse 6, Adelami, who is the…

An advocacy group, Zarephath Aid, has reiterated the need for the Federal Government to audit all Correctional facilities across the country to ascertain each inmate’s case.

Gov. Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto State on Tuesday granted pardon to 113 inmates at the Sokoto Correctional Centre in commemoration of Nigeria’s 64th Independence Anniversary. Speaking through the state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Nasiru Binji, Aliyu said the pardon was in line with Section 212 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic…

The Kano State Chief Judge, Justice Dije Abdu-Aboki, has ordered the release of 37 inmates from detention at the Goron Dutse and Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kano. The gesture is part of efforts to decongest custodial centres in the state. This is contained in a statement by SC Musbahu Kofar-Nasarawa, Public Relations Officer, Nigerian Correctional…

The Advocates Sans Frontières (ASF) France, also known as Lawyers Without Borders, on Thursday, stated that 3,600 inmates are on death row in Nigeria. The organisation also said that Nigeria holds the highest number of death row inmates in sub-Saharan Africa, noting that the number continues to rise as new death sentences are handed down…

Under the leadership of Hon. Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, Nigeria’s Ministry of Interior is making significant strides in prison reform, championing the welfare and rehabilitation of inmates across the country. In an unprecedented shift, the ministry has introduced bold policies designed to transform the nation’s correctional services, with a focus on reformation, dignity, and rehabilitation, rather…

The Federal Government has released details of the fleeing inmates from the Maiduguri Medium Security Custodial Centre (MSCC), who escaped due to floods that ravaged part of the city, affecting the prison walls.

The Federal Government has declared that the dignity and welfare of inmates across all the 244 correctional centres in Nigeria is a non-negotiable and any attempt to go against such would be resisted. National spokesman of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Abubakar Umar, said that the agency has consistently sought to improve inmates welfare in…

No fewer than 3,590 inmates across custodial centres in Nigeria are on death row, the Nigeria Correctional Service has revealed. NCoS Public Relations Officer, Assistant Controller of Corrections Abubakar Umar, made this known while speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Abuja. Umar stated that the total number of inmates in centres…

The Federal Government has ordered an investigation into allegation of inhumane treatment and poor feeding of inmates at the Afokang Custodial Centre in Calabar, Cross River State as alleged in a viral video.

The establishment of Correctional Services has been removed from the exclusive legislative list to the concurrent list. This was done to allow state governors establish correctional facilities, manage inmates, and ultimately reduce the burden on the federal government.

The percentage of females admitted into the Nigerian Correctional Centre increased by 4.82 per cent in 2022, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). This is contained in the NBS Statistical Report on Women and Men in Nigeria 2022 released in Abuja on Wednesday. The report showed that in 2020, the percentage of females…