{"id":107008,"date":"2024-01-13T11:12:25","date_gmt":"2024-01-13T10:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2413-inmates-awaiting-trial-in-akwa-ibom-controller"},"modified":"2024-01-13T13:45:32","modified_gmt":"2024-01-13T12:45:32","slug":"2413-inmates-awaiting-trial-in-akwa-ibom-controller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2413-inmates-awaiting-trial-in-akwa-ibom-controller","title":{"rendered":"2,413 inmates awaiting trial in Akwa Ibom \u2013 Controller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Controller, Nigeria Correctional Service, Akwa Ibom Command, Julius Ezugwu, says about 2, 413 out of 2,854 inmates were awaiting trials in the four correctional facilities across the state.<\/p>\n<p>Ezugwu made this disclosure at a one-day capacity-building workshop for the Akwa Ibom State Administration of Criminal Justice Monitoring Committee, ACJMC, on Friday in Uyo.<\/p>\n<p>The Controller who summed up the total number of inmates in the state\u2019s facilities to 2, 854, added that the custodial centres in the state have been overcrowded.<\/p>\n<p>He appealed for the domestication of the Administration of Criminal Justice Law, ACJL, in the state to help decongest custodial centres.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the large number of inmates awaiting trial was responsible for the congestion of the centres, stressing that the facilities were to be a place to reform convicts and not take care of awaiting trial persons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a total of 2, 854 inmates in the four facilities of the command, that is, Uyo, Ikot Ekpene, Eket, and Ikot Abasi, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOut of the total number, we have about 441 convicts and 2, 413 inmates awaiting trials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to say that the correctional service has been doing its part creditably and I am happy that this workshop on ACJL will lighten the weight of the correctional service,\u201d Ezugwu said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. 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