Olayinka Lawal is the Executive Director of Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA), a non-profit making organisation. He was called to Bar in 1992. In this interview, he speaks on
Read ContinueThe component on Provision of Legal and Support Services under the Prison Reform Project has continued to access awaiting trial persons (ATPs) without legal representation in the 3 project target
Read ContinueThe Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Mr Adeniji Kazeem has received the report of the ten-man blueprint implementation committee on administration of justice, headed by Mr Fola
Read ContinueDeputy Controller Prisons, Mr. Julius Ezugwu, has praised the Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA) and its partners for their efforts in decongesting prisons and reforming the justice sector. He
Read ContinueThe Deputy Controller in-charge of Ikoyi Prisons, Mr. Julius Ezugwu has commended the Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA) and its partners for their efforts in decongesting Nigerian prisons and
Read ContinueThe IRCT congratulates Şebnem Korur Fincanci, president of IRCT member centre Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (HRFT), on receiving the 2017 Human Rights Award from Physicians for Human Rights. Dr
Read ContinueA 17-year-old boy on Thursday appeared before a Mararaba Upper Area Court, Nasarawa State, charged with attacking a trader, Mohammed Bello, and inflicting injuries on him. Ibrahim, who resides at
Read ContinueThe expectation of a new Lagos couple to have a roof over their head after their wedding has been shattered by some alleged Lagos fraudsters, led by an inmate at
Read ContinueMore than one year after it came into being, the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA), which is designed to eliminate delays in trials, seems not to be serving its
Read ContinueHouse of Representatives committee on Army has decried congestion in Nigerian Prison Service at Oke Kura in Ilorin, Kwara state, saying that the situation requires urgent attention. The House committee
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