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Nigeria: NHRC Begins 2016 Prison Audit
Daily Trust, 7 September 2016
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has started this year's audit of the country's prisons. Read more »
The National Human Rights Commission will examine the general condition of prison inmates, prison officials and prison infrastructure and make appropriate recommendations to the authorities.
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Several inmates have escaped from various prisons across the country, resulting in fatalities and the firing of prison officials who were allegedly conspiring with them. Read more »
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