Nigerian inmates

Lagos releases 30 prison inmates

THE Lagos Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) says the Lagos State Government has pardoned 30 inmates. The inmates...

52,436 inmates awaiting trial nationwide — FG

ABOUT 52,436 inmates are currently awaiting trial, and this has contributed to overpopulation in many correctional centres across the...
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Nigeria ranks 27th among countries with highest number of prisoners

NIGERIA, with 74,059 inmates, is currently the 27th country with the highest number of prisoners globally. According to World Prison Brief (WPB),...

Only two per cent of inmates in Nigeria are female – NCoS

ONLY two per cent of all inmates in Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) facilities nationwide are female. Data obtained from the website...
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