HRCRC Secures the Release of Over 25 inmates from Abakaliki Prisons: Over the past 4 years, HRCRC represented about 30 inmates who were incarcerated in the Abakaliki Correctional Center (prisons) along with over 140 others in connection to a communal conflict in Ebonyi State. These individuals were denied bail and due process in courts and […]
HRCRC RELEASED TWO INMATES FROM CORRECTIONAL CENTER ABAKALIKI.
HRCRC RELEASED TWO INMATES FROM CORRECTIONAL CENTER ABAKALIKI. Following our resolve to decongest the correctional centers, Last week, HRCRC again facilitated the release of two inmates from the Abakaliki Correctional Center who have been in custody for over two (2) years without any witnesses. The Abakaliki Correctional Center is currently housing over 1658 inmates awaiting […]
Justice, Human Rights and Prison Decongestion
Justice, Human Rights and Prison Decongestion Following our resolve to uphold Human Rights by Decongesting the Prisons of inmates who shouldn’t be incarcerated, HRCRC facilitated the release of 13 inmates – discharge of five (5) and bail of eight (8) from Abakaliki Correctional Centre between May and June, 2024. Remarkably, one of 5 who was […]
HRCRC’s Access to Justice Drive
HRCRC’s Access to Justice Drive In line with our drive to see to decongestion and depopulation of the Abakaliki and Afikpo Correctional Custodial Center (prisons), HRCRC has facilitated the discharge and bail of 3 inmates since the beginning of the year 2024, whilst still representing over 30 inmates in different courts probono. Pictured here is […]
THE NIGERIA CORRECTIONAL SERVICE ACT, 2019 – by Chioma Okoro ESQ
The Nigeria Correctional Service formerly known as the Nigeria Prisons Service is a Government Institution established to support the criminal justice system and guarantee public security by providing support in the reformation, rehabilitation and reintegration of those who violate criminal laws. The Correctional Service is a parastatal under the Ministry of Interior and is headed […]