Browsing: Prison decongestion

The order of the CJN was contained in a memo with reference number: NJC/CIR/HOC/II/662, dated May 15, 2020 and addressed to the Chief Judges of the various states and the Federal Capital Territory

The Chief Judge, Zamfara, Justice Kulu Mohamed, on Thursday freed 33 inmates from Gusau Medium Security Prison as part of effort to decongest prisons in the state.

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, on Tuesday in Abuja, inaugurated the Presidential Advisory Committee on Prerogative of Mercy to decongest prisons nationwide.

Flooding in the past few weeks had claimed lives in states such as Katsina, where no fewer than 40 people died on Monday with houses among other property destroyed.