{"id":319936,"date":"2024-04-22T14:26:58","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T13:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=319936"},"modified":"2024-04-22T14:26:58","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T13:26:58","slug":"70-of-prison-inmates-in-kano-are-awaiting-trial-says-ncos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/04\/22\/70-of-prison-inmates-in-kano-are-awaiting-trial-says-ncos\/","title":{"rendered":"70% Of Prison Inmates In Kano Are Awaiting Trial, Says NCoS"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Lawan said the Federal Government had introduced the non-custodial measures like parole, community service and probation among others, to address the overcrowding conundrum in custodial centres.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He commended some judges for complementing the Federal Government\u2019s effort by making maximum use of non custodial sentencing.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The Kano command of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/12\/23\/3413-inmates-currently-on-death-row-in-nigeria-ncos\/\"><strong>Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS)<\/strong><\/a> says 70 per cent of inmates in prison facilities across the state are awaiting trial.<\/p>\n<p>Musbahu Lawan, spokesperson of the service in Kano, while speaking with journalists on Monday, said overcrowding in the state&#8217;s correctional facilities is posing a significant challenge, as the number of awaiting trial inmates has tripled compared to convicted inmates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStatistics show that only 30 per cent of inmates are convicted in the correctional service, while inmates awaiting trial constitute 70 per cent of the total number of inmates in the state,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost of the inmates awaiting trial have stayed in custody with their cases yet to be determined by the courts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur laws give us the power to transfer convicted inmates to any facility in the country, so if the inmates awaiting trial are eventually convicted there won\u2019t be congestion.<\/p>\n<p>Lawan explained that convicted inmates were easier to manage as they were mandated to engage in the various reformatory programmes, an opportunity which awaiting trial persons might not have.<\/p>\n<p>He added that 38 convicted inmates in Kano sat for NECO, SSCE and passed, of which they are now seeking for admission at the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost of the convicted inmates also benefit from the educational programmes in the custodial centres.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Kano, 38 convicted inmates sat for and passed the NECO, SSCE and are now seeking for admission at the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDue to increased interest of the inmates to study, the service is working with NOUN to establish more study centres in the custodial centres in the state,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The spokesperson said that one of the challenges was lack of study facilities like computers and study materials.<\/p>\n<p>Lawan praised the federal government for implementing non-custodial measures like parole, community service, and probation to address overcrowding in custodial centers and commended judges for maximizing non-custodial sentencing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNCoS will continue to pursue its mandate of keeping safe and humane custody of the legally interned, while protecting the society safer by reforming rehabilitating and reintegrating offenders.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lawan said the Federal Government had introduced the non-custodial measures like parole, community service and probation among others, to address the overcrowding conundrum in custodial centres. 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