Prison Population To Change After PFN Vies For Reduction
May 14, 2022
2:28 pm
Mr Benson Iwuagwu who is the serving Executive Director of the Prison Fellowship Nigeria (PFN) has called for the proper implementation of the capacity regulation contained in the Nigeria Correctional Service Act of 2019.
Mr. Iwuagwu, also a lawyer, made the call while speaking with newsmen in Lagos on Saturday.
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According to him, the provision was made as one of the measures to regulate the population of suspects in correctional centres and police stations.
…βCorrectional centres are mandated to refuse admitting inmates where their capacities to house such
