The Human Rights Law Service Tuesday said prisons can be decongested through more use of non-custodial sentencing.
The group said the expectation was that with the ACJL, the number of persons on awaiting trial and in prisons would significantly reduce.HURILAWS said the Lagos ACJL has been implemented for more than 10 years with no significant reduction in prison population. “Anecdotal evidence suggests this may be as a result of a weak non-custodial legal framework,” said HURILAWS Senior Legal Officer Collins Okeke during in a briefing in Lagos.“Experts around the world are developing new non-custodial measures and improving on existing ones. The Lagos state ACJL 2015 makes provision for non-custodial punishment.
“The Lagos House of Assembly should complement the judiciary by extending probation and community service in the ACJL 2015 to adult offenders.The group noted that at present, probation services under the Lagos ACJL 2015 are only available to juvenile offenders.
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