13 mentally ill persons dumped in prisons by family members —CG

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The Comptroller General, Nigerian Correctional Service, Ahmed Ja’afaru, has disclosed that the service has in its custody 13 mentally ill persons who were dumped in prisons by their family members.

He said that the unscrupulous family members procured remand orders from the court which were used to keep the sick individuals in prison illegally.

According to him, Section 13 subsection empowered a prison Superintendent to refuse to admit persons brought in with severe bodily injury or anyone who is mentally unstable, or in an unconscious state or underage.Xenophobia: I’m in South Africa to ensure govt never again looks away while our citizens are attacked —Ezekwesili

Jafa’aru explained that the impact of the new law would soon be felt in the service, noting that officers would be trained on the non-custodial aspect of the law which he said would be implemented nationwide. The CG said, “Previously, this category of inmates live under the suspense and mental torture of death which the appropriate authorities would neither sign nor easily commute to life imprisonment.

 

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