Prisons reform: Group Solicits Media Support
The Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA) has called on the media to support the ongoing prisons reform in the country.
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Many awaiting trial inmates need lawyers
The Nigerian Prisons Service, (NPS) yesterday expressed disappointment that the over 80 percent Awaiting Trial inmates across the country are not given enough legal representation in court. Spokesman of NPS,
Read ContinueNGO, Prisons service seek partnership to aid prisons reforms
A Nongovernmental Organisation, Prisons Rehabilitation and Welfare Action, PRAWA, has seeks new partnership within and outside Nigeria to push towards realisation of its vision for the emergence of a humane
Read ContinueNPS, PRAWA seek prison reform as inmates rise to 71,642
The Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS) has called for urgent reforms in the nation’s justice system in order to decongest the prisons as total number of inmates currently in various prisons
Read ContinueNEWSPrisons: Reforming them through education
Enugu Maximum Security Prison has been witnessing streaks of academic exploits by inmates in recent time. Just last week, a total of 81 inmates of the Prison recorded credit in
Read ContinuePRAWA Tasks Government on Prisons, Criminal Justice Reforms
(AFRICAN Examiner) – The Prison Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA) has revealed that out of 71,642 prison inmates in various Nigerian prisons, a total of 2,322 are on death roll.
Read ContinuePRAWA Seeks Media Support for Prisons Reforms
The Prisons Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA) group has called on media practitioners to support the ongoing prisons reformation advocacy in Nigeria. The Executive Director of PRAWA, Dr Uju Agomoh,
Read ContinueOn The Condition of Nigeria’s Prisons
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s lamentation over the deplorable state of the country’s prisons and denouncement of the savage treatment of inmates is a remark that must be taken seriously, if
Read ContinueNigerian prisons convert humans to animals — Osinbajo Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/02/nigerian-prisons-convert-humans-animals-osinbajo-2/
ABUJA—Despite its modest efforts at restoring lost primacy of Nigerian Prisons Service, the Federal Government has lamented the rot in the system, saying it will take years of sustained and
Read ContinueHouse Moves to Decongest Nigerian Prisons and Promote Fundamental Rights
In a bid to promote the fundamental rights of inmates in prisons and uphold international standards and best global practices on prison welfare, the House Committees on Interior, Human Rights,
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