"The N500 million earmarked for payment of fines should be spent on the welfare of inmates in the correctional centres while alternative decongestion policies are considered."
Kano state government has freed 500 inmates, who could not afford to pay various fines or compensation, from 10 prisons in the state. While addressing the freed inmates at Kano Central Prison, Kurmawa, the state governor, Dr.
The all male prison facility which was inaugurated in 2014 has the capacity to accommodate 180 inmates. However, NAN gathered that it was accommodating 263 inmates as at the time of the jailbreak, Saturday.
According to him, there are currently 124 inmates writing the NECO examination, which is one of the highest among inmates in custodial centres in any given state in the county.
"He is very much interested in the reformation of the inmates, especially as it concerns their welfare and has instructed that the education of inmates must be taken seriously. " He has directed that all the schools within the walls of the prisons
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has given the inmates who escaped from the Benin Medium Security Correctional Centre, Sapele Road and the Oko Medium Security Correctional Centre up till Friday, October 23 to return voluntarily or face the