Nigeria: For the Prison Reforms' Committee (I)

31 January 2018
editorial

The shelves are filled with reports on how to reform the prisons

In yet another bid to decongest the prison, the Attorney General of the Federation and Justice of Minister, Mr Abubakar Malami recently inaugurated a national stakeholders' committee. Chaired by the Chief Judge of Federal Capital Territory High Court, Justice Ishaq Bello, the committee was charged with the responsibility to oversee the implementation of a directive by the Federal Executive Council to fast-track decongestion of prisons.

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