Lawmaker calls for reforms as awaiting trial inmates hit 64% of prison population

The Chairman, House Committee on Reformatory Institutions and member representing Ikwo/Ezza South Federal Constituency of Ebonyi State, Chinedu Ogah, has called for urgent reforms in Nigeria’s correctional system to reduce the rising population of awaiting trial inmates in the different correctional centers across the country. Ogah, who described the situation as worrisome, maintained that awaiting

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