Therefore, petty offenders not only end up crowding the prisons, but they also graduate to become more hardened. It is a primary reason for escalating recidivism in the country. While South Africa has a re-offending rate of 87-90 per cent, a 2019 report by the European Journal of Scientific Research said the rate of recidivism for singles was 58.4 per cent.
Simultaneously, Nigeria needs to implement wide-ranging custodial reforms, the goal of the rebranding by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari . Among other things, the Nigerian Correctional Service Act 2019 empowers a state controller of the NCoS to reject intakes if a correctional centre is filled up.
Undoubtedly, Nigeria’s custodial centres are horrible pigsties. Avoiding this, many countries prioritise prison reform. Likewise, in Germany, inmates are given time to go home at weekends. China, reputed for a low incarceration figure, promotes the writing of reflexive autobiographies to re-orientate the minds of inmates to decent causes.
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