HOUSE OF REPS ADVOCATES DECONGESTION OF NIGERIA PRISONS.
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House of Representatives has advocated for the need to decongest nigeria prisons in order to promote the fundamental right of inmate as well as to meet up with the international standards and best practise.
This was sequel to a motion moved by Hon. Olufemi Fakeye on Wednesday during plenary session stating that the level of congestion in Nigerian prison has become so alarming that they no longer serve as correctional facilities for reformation of inmate.
Hon. Fakeye further noted that the united nations minimum standard rule for treatment of prisoners also known as the UN nelson mandela rules as provided in rule 12(1) and (2) and 13 that where sleeping accommodation is in individual cells or rooms, each prisoner shall occupy by night a cell or room by himself or herself.
The Lawmaker and his colleagues further noted that in special cases such as temporary over crowding it is left to the given prison authority to vary this rule, provided that due regard would be paid to climatic conditions and particularly to cubic content of air, minimum floor space, lighting, heating and ventilation.
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Hon. Olufemi fakeye,
Osun state
Hon. Shagari
sokoto state
The speaker, Hon. Yakubu Dogara therefore mandated the joint committees on interior, human right, federal judiciary, FCT, judiciary and police affairs to conduct an investigative hearing on prison reforms in order to identify the specific challenges in terms of infrastructure, administration of criminal justice system and other factor that could facilitate the decongestion and reform of the prison system to report back in six weeks for further legislative actions.
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