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March 9, 2024

UN torture expert urges states to review prison management practices

The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Alice Jill Edwards, on Friday called on states to review prison management practices and policies to ensure compliance with human rights

United Nations
January 1, 2024

Gov Kefas releases 31 Taraba prison inmates to celebrate New Year

Governor Agbu Kefas has released 31 inmates in Taraba prisons.

PRISON INMATES
November 27, 2023

Hopes for extended ceasefire rise after Hamas frees more hostages

With the release of 14 Israelis and three Thai citizens on Sunday, a total of 58 hostages have now been released by the extremist organisation Hamas since Friday.

RELEASED HOSTAGES
August 1, 2023

Aung San Suu Kyi’s sentence reduced as Myanmar pardons over 7,000 prisoners

Six years of sentences for Ms Suu Kyi and four years of sentences for Mr Myint were also reduced, the council said.

SUU KYI
June 22, 2023

127,031 inmates in Philippines prisons with capacity for 46,702 prisoners

“Out of the 478 jails, 323 facilities are heavily congested with occupancy rates ranging from 101 to 2,739 per cent.’’

Philippines Prison (Photo credit : Al jazeera)
February 15, 2023

Inmates reintegration key to productive citizenry: NCoS boss

Mr Nababa called on well-meaning Nigerians to wholly accept the reformed citizens, patronise their businesses and desist from stigmatising them.

HALIRU NABABA
January 6, 2023

739 criminals escaped, mistakenly released from UK prisons: Report

In one case, a sex offender rereleased by mistake, raped a minor and sexually assaulted another woman after he got out of prison.

UK PRISONERS USED TO ILLUSTRATE THE STORY
September 19, 2022

SMEDAN to train prisoners, retirees on entrepreneurial skills 

SMEDAN stresses that the training will create self-reliance and reduce social unrest, unemployment and dependency.

SMEDAN
July 20, 2022

INEC worried about prisoners voting in 2023 general elections

“Will political parties be allowed to campaign inside the correctional centres?”

INEC chairman Mahmood Yakubu and prison inmates