“This has become very problematic. Therefore, we must be concerned about what happens to them while they are there.”
Prison service says it has reactivated the abandoned Borstal Training Institute in Enugu to reform juvenile offenders in the South-East and South-South.
No fewer than 3,298 inmates in prisons across the country are on death row, the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has revealed.
No fewer than 225 death row inmates are awaiting execution in correctional centres across Kaduna and Kano.
Mr Nababa called on well-meaning Nigerians to wholly accept the reformed citizens, patronise their businesses and desist from stigmatising them.
The name of the Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS) was changed to Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) after the president signed the NCoS Act 2019 into law.
The control room would help guard against abuses of inmates rights and ensure adequate security surveillance of the prisons.
Political parties were also asked to provide their campaign timetables to the command to aid necessary security actions.
The commissioner said that the suspect was re-arrested at Wamba Local Government Area of Nasarawa State in April.
“Will political parties be allowed to campaign inside the correctional centres?”
