NCoS and reintegration of ex-convicts into society - Punch Newspapers

In December 2021, I read in the news about an 18-year-old boy, who had been arrested on three occasions for traffic robbery. The last arrest, in the Ketu area of Lagos State, was the third time. When he was released from the Nigeria Correctional Service, a few weeks after his previous arrest by the Lagos State Rapid Response Squad, he resumed traffic robbery. Despite being convicted and sentenced to three-month imprisonment, he was not deterred.

It’s been over two years that the Nigeria Prison Service was changed to Nigeria Correctional Service, yet nothing really has changed about their modus operandi. The system of operation of NCoS still remains the same and the desired transformation many expected is yet to manifest, with overcrowded prison facilities, underfeeding, a large number of inmates awaiting trials among many other challenges which have been an albatross for decades.

An offender, released after satisfying the due process as specified by law, is not expected to return for the same or any other offence again if he is well corrected during his stay. The NCoS is saddled with the responsibility of reintegrating a pardoned or freed offender into society for a better life and living. Rebranding of the NPS to NCoS should include a commensurate change in their mandates.

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