Prisons decongestion Archives - HUMAN RIGHTS AND CONFLICTS RESOLUTION CENTRE ABAKALIKI

July 23, 2025July 25, 2025

HRCRC Secures the Release of Over 30 Inmates from Abakaliki Correctional Centre

HRCRC Secures the Release of Over 30 Inmates from Abakaliki Correctional Centre: Providing Access to Justice for the most vulnerable of society is part of our core mandate; as such, 36 innocent members of society who were illegally incarcerated since the 24th of May, 2020, regained their freedom through our intervention in collaboration with other legal entities and agencies. It is worthy of note that these have been discharged and acquitted by three different courts in the past.

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HRCRC Secures the Release of Over 30 Inmates from Abakaliki Correctional Centre

February 13, 2025February 19, 2025

HRCRC Secures the Release of Over 25 inmates from Abakaliki Prisons

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 were detained by the state awaiting trial for over 3 years.

After a successful Alternative Dispute Resolution of said conflict facilitated by the Ebonyi State Government, over 150 awaiting trial inmates were released from detention in an atmosphere that was both exciting and broody.

HRCRC continues to advocate against the illegal and many times unjustified detention of individuals in our already oversaturated Correctional Centers that breed Human Rights Abuses, poor inhumane living conditions and practices, and other criminal tendencies.

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January 28, 2025January 28, 2025

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 trial, exceeding its capacity of about 370 inmates in overwhelming proportions. This overcrowding logically results in poor living condition, and increased risk of human rights violations.

We are grateful to the Honorable Attorney General of the Ebonyi State, Hon. Ben Uruchi Odoh, the Ministry of Justice and other actors in the Justice Sector who are open and deeply involved in the mission of restoring Human Dignity in our Justice System.

July 5, 2024July 5, 2024

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 discharged and acquitted had been in custody for over six years Awaiting Trial.
We continue to advocate for a better, more humane, efficient and credible Criminal Justice System in Nigeria.

February 27, 2024February 27, 2024

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 one of the freed inmates standing with HRCRC’s Legal Officer Chioma, George and Fr. Edet immediately after he was discharged from the correctional centre after being incarcerated for 3 years.