• HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN THE NIGERIAN PRISON SYSTEM
    [A CASE STUDY OF NIGER STATE PRISON]


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    • ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]Prisoners in Nigeria are often perceived and categorized as “outcast”. The belief of many is that, once you are a prisoner, you are automatically a “bad egg” in the society. There is an ill-conceived notion that prison inmates have no rights within the general population. The importance of this research work cannot be over emphasised as it seeks to enlighten the reader of the fact that though there are rights available and at the disposal of prisoners under the Nigerian laws, majority of prisoners, due to one cog or another are unable to have access to and make adequate ... Continue Reading

         

      CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]Furthermore, due to the shortcomings of the system, scholars like Odekunle (2000) advocates de-institutionalized methods of punishing offenders by employing alternative ways like compensation in cash and/or kind, reconciliation/restoration, community service/labor, probation, suspended sentence, furlough, etc. It is also, argued that where offenders are publicly shamed, made to return stolen items, nurse their victim to good health deterrence may be more assured than imprisonment and these methods were used in pre-colonial Nigeria, and were efficient and effective (Odekunle, 2000).There is an ... Continue Reading