CSOs decry large number of awaiting trial inmates in Nigerian prisons

CSOs decry large number of awaiting trial inmates in Nigerian prisons …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>>

Some civil society groups have cried out over the large number of awaiting trial inmate’s in Nigeria’s correctional centres.

The groups, during the Cvil Society Organisations meeting in Adamawa State, hosted by the Public & Private Development Centre (PPDC), noted that about 70 percent of inmates are awaiting trial.

Stressing that the rise in the number of pre-trial inmates was alarming, they disclosed that as at December 2023, more than 53,000 inmates were awaiting trial across 253…

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