Chairman of the Committee, Rep. Anayo Edwin, in a press statement Tuesday, expressed his Committees worries over the plight of inmates in Nigerian Prisons.
“Despite the provision of the Act that the custodial service shall provide ” safe, secure and humane custody for inmates “, he said.He bemoaned that “While the Act provides for implementation of reformatory and rehabilitation programme to aid reintegration of inmates back into the society, not much is be done in this regard”.
“The tour, which is in the discharge of the committee’s mandate to effectively oversight the Nigeria Correctional Services, is to afford members an avenue to get first-hand information on the service”.
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