{"id":220893,"date":"2022-10-09T08:12:44","date_gmt":"2022-10-09T07:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=220893"},"modified":"2022-10-09T08:12:44","modified_gmt":"2022-10-09T07:12:44","slug":"70-of-nigerias-prison-inmates-awaiting-trial-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/10\/09\/70-of-nigerias-prison-inmates-awaiting-trial-official\/","title":{"rendered":"70% of Nigeria\u2019s prison inmates awaiting trial \u2013 Official"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, says the high number of Awaiting Trial Inmates (ATIs) is putting undue pressure on custodial centres in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The minister said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that the sheer number of ATIs is a threat to the security of the custodial centres.<\/p>\n<p>NAN reports that a total of 51,541 out of the 75,635 inmates (68 per cent) in various <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/10\/01\/court-sentences-4-kidnappers-to-life-imprisonment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prisons<\/a> in the country are awaiting trial.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Aregbesola said that the situation was the greatest challenge the service has presently.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo fewer than 70 per cent of Nigerian inmates are serving time without being sentenced as they are awaiting trials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAssuming the period of waiting for trial is even small, probably it will not be an issue, we can manage it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow can you put people on trial for fifteen, ten years, how? and they are not a small number.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome are even there forever, there is no file, there is no prosecution process, they are just there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur own is to keep, we have no power over who is there, we cannot release them. So, as long as there is a warrant to detain them, we keep them,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Aregbesola, therefore, called for a review of the administration of the criminal justice system of the country to provide a timeline for trials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe administration of criminal justice is such that the timeline we give for trials is indefinite. I don\u2019t believe this is the way it should be, and it is putting pressure on the system,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>On the reform of inmates, the minister insisted that the custodial centres were doing a good job.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, explained that those awaiting trial were not part of those being trained and reformed while in prison, except those who voluntarily chose to.<\/p>\n<p>He said that recidivism was more with ATIs who could not be forced to do anything outside the control of their liberty and freedom which was what the correctional facility must give.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis can only happen only if they choose to. You cannot say they should go to school, they may see opportunity of being there to begin studies, but it is by their choice and not by anybody.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they choose to, they will not be prevented from learning skills or from acquiring education, they will not be stopped, as it is their choice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf those people you see after their release and they tend not to have been in any way impacted in any form are people who had awaiting trial stint in our facilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot force them to do anything outside their custody. They can voluntarily engage in activities but is their own free will.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe state cannot compel them by virtue of their status in the jail houses to do anything other than limiting their freedom, and keeping them for trial,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, says the high number of Awaiting Trial Inmates (ATIs) is putting undue pressure on custodial centres in the country. 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