The reason for congestion in the correctional centres across the country has been ascribed to the large rate of inmates awaiting trials. President, Nigeria Bar Asso­ciation (NBA), Adam Osigwe ...

In a landmark development aimed at addressing Nigeria’s identification crisis and improving its prison system, the National Identity Management Commission recently announced that it has approved the ...

United States President Donald Trump has ordered federal prisons to transfer inmates who are transgender women to men’s facilities and stop medical treatments related to gender transition.

has written to all state Controllers of Corrections and FCT Commands, requesting the lists of all qualified prisoners and inmates in their commands for presidential pardon. The move is aimed at ...

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order barring transgender women from being housed in female federal prisons. The order also halts any medical treatments related to gender transition ...

Sanwo-Olu pardons 56 inmates and changed death sentences of 6 prisoners to life in prison. Photo credit ... of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (amended). The Governor’s ...

Ex-inmate Omisakin has been remanded in Ilesa Correctional ... citing Omisakin’s recent pardon by the state governor and the fact that he had not yet completed his prison sentence. Nigeria: Late Gen ...

The inmates who work inside federal prisons want the right to unionize like other public servants. The Canadian Prisoners’ Labour ConFederation (CPLC) and its president, Jeff Ewert, say the ...

The assaulted inmate was first treated at the prisons’ medical facility, and later transferred to Nicosia general hospital to undergo more tests. The person is in good health, and is expected to ...

Inside the pastel-pink prison, elderly inmates receive regular meals ... ALSO READ: FG seeks global mining partnerships to boost Nigeria’s economy Many of these women have been imprisoned ...

Prison governors say many of them have come from Nigeria and include not only skilled ... 15 months after she was filmed having sex with an inmate. The prison service said: “Our prison officers ...

According to the prison governors, many recruits came from Nigeria and included not only skilled workers but also those switching from other visa routes. In response, the Prison Officers ...