The Urgent Need To Decongest Nigerian Prisons
BY EWA NWORIE There is no doubt that In Nigeria, many factors has continued to constitute impediments to the growth and development of the country. They include,socio economic downturn,insecurity,and of course,prison congestions in the nation's Correctional facilities,among others. According to research,Lack of quick dispensation of Justice in the Nigerian judicial system has constituted a factor to the prison congestion in Nigerian. It is important to point out that,the nation's correctional centres are today,nothing to write home about as poor facilities,obselete and dalipedated structures without enough space to house the prison inmates and awaiting trials,has become the order of the day,and this has also contributed to the prison congestions. Again,there are cases of administrative bottlenecks in the release of suspects and prisoners granted bail by the court of competent juridictions,among others. In the Correctional facilities Nationwide, it