A central repository system offers practical solutions to reducing the large number of awaiting-trial inmates in Nigeria.
Trucks like this are used to convey inmates to the prison in Lagos State, Nigeria. Over 70 percent of inmates in Nigeria have not appeared in court and haven’t been sentenced.
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The proportion of prisoners awaiting trial in Nigeria is disturbing, and prolonged imprisonment can have a damaging effect on their mental functioning .
A young Raymond Suttner with his bird, Jailbird (JB).
Gisèle Wulfsohn