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| Prison Inmates in Nigeria - Premium Times |
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spokesman for The Nigerian Prisons Service has stated that of the
56,785 inmates in Nigerian prisons, only 17, 775 had been convicted with
the rest awaiting trial according to a Premium Times report.
Public Relations Officer of Nigeria Prisons Service, Ope Fatinikun,
made the statements at a media briefing and explained that the prisons
system was suffering from inadequate budgetary allotment from the
federal government.
Fatinikun also stated that 10
babies with their mothers, 947 male juvenile offenders and 151
foreigners were included in the total count as residents of the
congested prison system.
“Our prisons need to be reconstructed as some of them are in
deplorable states. The prisons need to be completed especially the ones
where construction started over thirty years ago,” Fatinikun said.
Spokesman Fatinikun also said that the prison system was lacking in
adequate weaponry and operational provisions in light of serious
security threats to the prison system.
“Our facilities have been attacked and burnt down and a total of 46
prisons officers comprising 42 serving and four retired personnel have
been killed since the inception of the (Boko Haram) insurgency,” he
said.
Source:
Premium Times
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