The high number of persons in detention without trial frustrates decongestion and reforms in correction centres, says PRAWA founder, Dr. Uju Agomoh. Reforms are key to justice, security, and development.
Stakeholders have deplored the high number of persons in detention without trial, saying the development was frustrating decongestion and reforms in correction centres.Stakeholders have deplored the high number of persons in detention without trial, saying the development was frustrating decongestion and reforms in correction centres.
Agomoh, who is also an elected member of United Nations Committee on Prevention of Torture, said the key areas of concern in the corrections sector are: “Overcrowding, disproportionate number of persons, who have not been convicted, proper, reformation rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders, as well as issue of oversight by justice and law-implementing agencies.”
His words: “What exacerbated all these is this issue of awaiting trial. Delay in delivery of justice to inmates is what brings about congestion.
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