The Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA), a Non-governmental Organisation (NGO), has appealed to the Federal Government to establish a ...
Company Secures Release of 150 Prisoners In 2 months
A Kano based firm, Jaffatu General Enterprises Company said it secured the release of 150 inmates from various prisons in the last two months. The Mar...
Kaduna Gets New Facilities To Decongest Prisons
The Controller, Kaduna Prison Command, Mr Yazid Alhassan, says the command has commenced the construction of three facilities to decongest prisons in ...
Indonesia Ignores Criticism, To Resume Executions Of Drug Traffickers
Indonesia government says it would resume executions of prisoners on death row for drug trafficking and murder. Attorney General, Muhammad Prasetyo, s...
Legal Aid Council of Nigeria Holds National Conference
By Femi Okeowo With the rising number of mentally-ill persons in the nation’s prisons, the provision of treatment centres for them is taking centre st...