Nigerian Prisons Service Latest News

The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja Chief Judge, Honourable Justice Ishaq Usman Bello has freed 70 prisoners from the popular Kuje correctional facility.

Federal government has announced that it will be freeing 2,600 inmates from various correctional centres across the country as part of a move to curb Covid-19.

As part of measures to reduce the spread of coronavirus, the government has directed the Nigerian Correctional Service to release all awaiting trial inmates.

A Nigerian writer simply identified as Eketi has shared her prison experience. She said that women are not visited by male family members, unlike male inmates.

Shugaban kasa Muhammadu Buhari ya amince da sake ma jami’an hukumar gidajen gyaran halayya na Najeriya kayan aiki, watau Khakin da suke sanyawa a duk lokacin da suke bakin aiki.

Ogu said although the Nigerian government has abolished petty offences, it has failed to take time out to amend the laws in line with the abolishment in the criminal codes.