By Tordue Salem, Abuja
The House of Representatives Committee on Reformatory Institutions, will ensure the Correctional Act 2019, is implemented, meet the objectives of the Federal government.
Chairman of the Committee, Rep. Anayo Edwin, in a press statement Tuesday, expressed his Committees worries over the plight of inmates in Nigerian Prisons.
“The committee is concerned about the deplorable state of the various correctional centres across the country.
“We are not unaware of several reports on the deplorable state of affairs within the Nigerian Correctional Services and the centres in general, including congestions at the various correctional centres, decaying infrastructure among other challenges confronting the service.
“Despite the provision of the Act that the custodial service shall provide ” safe, secure and humane custody for inmates “, he said.
He observed that ” inmates are still held in inhumane environment”.
He bemoaned that “While the Act provides…
Source: Vanguard Newspaper
