Tag: Prison decongestion
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Aregbesola tasks states on prisons decongestion
The Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, has said states have a huge role to play in decongesting correctional centres. He pointed out that about 70 percent of inmates awaiting trial were state offenders. The minister called on states to either fast-track the trial of the inmates awaiting trial or build holding facilities for them.…
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Prison decongestion: Justice Ministry secures release of 12,000 inmates
The Prison Decongestion program of the Ministry of Justice has resulted in the release of 12,000 inmates across correctional centres in the country since 2016. Secretary of the Prison Decongestion Committee of the ministry, Mrs Patricia Ayoola Daniels made this known in Abuja on Tuesday at the 2023 budget defence of the ministry. Newsmen reports…