Our prisons in deplorable conditions, audit panel tells FG
A panel that was mandated to carry out extensive audit of all the prisons in the country, on Wednesday, submitted its report to the Federal Government.
Prisons boss orders investigation into alleged assault of civilian by personnel
The Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS) has constituted a panel to investigate the authenticity of a trending video clip showing some prisons officers assaulting a civilian.
Revealed: Prisons in Brazil massively overcrowded
Brazil’s prisons are massively overcrowded, housing nearly 300,000 more inmates than they have room for, according to a survey published on Friday.
We will take care of our prisoners welfare, says Controller of Prisons in Rivers
The Rivers Command of the Nigeria Prisons Service, has pledged commitment to the welfare of the prisoners as well as giving free access to friends and relatives of the inmates.
LASG urged to remove children from adult prisons
STAKEHOLDERS in the justice system, Thursday, called on the Lagos State Government to immediately take steps to remove juveniles from prisons across the state.
112 Delta Prisons inmates regain freedom
Delta State Chief Judge, Justice Marshal Umukoro, has released a total of 112 inmates from the Sapele, Kwale and Ogwashi-Uku prisons, saying the state government had set aside the sum of N7. 4 million to liquidate fines of convicted inmates.
