PRAWA’s Position on the Strategies for Decongesting of Correctional Centers in Nigeria The Recommended Strategies:
- There are 3 types of persons in custodial centers, namely: the innocent, the petty/minor offenders, and the serious offenders. The first 2 groups should be quickly determined and released.
- Those who are terminally ill,
- The elderly,
- Those who are awaiting trial but have spent more time than what the sentence of the offences they are charged for specify had they been convicted,
- Long term inmates with less than 6 months to go,
- Those who are of good behavior (including lifers),
- The Under aged,
- The Mentally ill especially those whose cases are classified as ‘civil lunatics’ including those framed as ‘criminal lunatics’
