Saturday, July 11, 2026

Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA)

November 17, 2025

Insecurity: FG trains NCoS spokespersons on strategic communications

He said the NCoS had recently taken deliberate steps to strengthen communication channels.

Nigerian Correctional Service
November 20, 2024

PRAWA pledges to sustain advocacy on criminal justice reforms

PRAWA has also helped those who have survived prison by successfully integrating them into the community.

Prisoners
April 26, 2024

Suleja Jailbreak: Coalition seeks tight security measures, modernisation of custodial facilities

The coalition said there was an urgent need to examine the root causes of jailbreaks and other related issues bedevilling the country’s custodial facilities.

Suleja jailbreak (Credit: Ministry of interior)
May 10, 2023

More than 2,000 inmates have spent over 10 years without trial: Official

“This has become very problematic. Therefore, we must be concerned about what happens to them while they are there.”

Nigerian Correctional Service headquarters used to illustrate this story
September 30, 2021

Prison Congestion: Aregbesola, stakeholders advocate parole for inmates

The stakeholders argued for a parole system to mitigate overcrowding in the prisons.

August 4, 2021

Executing inmates not a solution to Nigeria’s prison decongestion: CSOs

Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA) has urged the federal and state governments not to execute death-row inmates, insisting it is not a solution to decongest prisons.

Nigerian prison