{"id":165670,"date":"2025-06-04T23:23:06","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T22:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/ncos-denies-26-000-children-incarcerated"},"modified":"2025-06-05T00:39:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T23:39:28","slug":"ncos-denies-26-000-children-incarcerated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ncos-denies-26-000-children-incarcerated","title":{"rendered":"NCoS denies 26, 000 children incarcerated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS, has debunked tabloid newspaper reports that claimed that 26,000 children are being held in custodial centres across Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>A report published on June 2, 2025, by a national tabloid that alleged that 26,000 children are being held in custodial centres across Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to the publication on Wednesday, NCoS National Public Relations Officer Abubakar Umar described the publications as false and baseless, adding that in line with national and international legal standards, NCoS does not admit children into custodial centres.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Service categorically refutes this baseless and unfounded report and views it as a gross misrepresentation of facts capable of misleading the public and undermining the credibility of the Service,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the law establishing Nigeria Correctional Services and the Child Rights Act, 2003, any individual identified as a child (below the age of 18) is handled under a separate juvenile justice system.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS, has debunked tabloid newspaper reports that claimed that 26,000 children are being held in custodial centres across Nigeria. A report published on June 2, 2025, by a national tabloid that alleged that 26,000 children are being held in custodial centres across Nigeria. Reacting to the publication on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":165668,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1679,254],"class_list":["post-165670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-ncos","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NCoS denies 26, 000 children incarcerated - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS, has debunked tabloid newspaper reports that claimed that 26,000 children are be ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ncos-denies-26-000-children-incarcerated\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NCoS denies 26, 000 children incarcerated\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS, has debunked tabloid newspaper reports that claimed that 26,000 children are be ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ncos-denies-26-000-children-incarcerated\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-04T22:23:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-04T23:39:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1749067814.242247.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"575\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ncos-denies-26-000-children-incarcerated#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ncos-denies-26-000-children-incarcerated\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"NCoS denies 26, 000 children incarcerated\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-04T22:23:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-04T23:39:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ncos-denies-26-000-children-incarcerated\"},\"wordCount\":160,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ncos-denies-26-000-children-incarcerated#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1749067814.242247.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"NCOS\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ncos-denies-26-000-children-incarcerated#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ncos-denies-26-000-children-incarcerated\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ncos-denies-26-000-children-incarcerated\",\"name\":\"NCoS denies 26, 000 children incarcerated - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ncos-denies-26-000-children-incarcerated#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ncos-denies-26-000-children-incarcerated#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1749067814.242247.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-04T22:23:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-04T23:39:28+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS, has debunked tabloid newspaper reports that claimed that 26,000 children are be ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ncos-denies-26-000-children-incarcerated#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ncos-denies-26-000-children-incarcerated\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ncos-denies-26-000-children-incarcerated#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1749067814.242247.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1749067814.242247.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":575,\"caption\":\"NCoS denies 26, 000 children incarcerated\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ncos-denies-26-000-children-incarcerated#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"NCoS denies 26, 000 children incarcerated\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"NCoS denies 26, 000 children incarcerated - Nigeria","description":"The Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS, has debunked tabloid newspaper reports that claimed that 26,000 children are be ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ncos-denies-26-000-children-incarcerated","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"NCoS denies 26, 000 children incarcerated","og_description":"The Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS, has debunked tabloid newspaper reports that claimed that 26,000 children are be ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ncos-denies-26-000-children-incarcerated","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2025-06-04T22:23:06+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-06-04T23:39:28+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":575,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1749067814.242247.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ncos-denies-26-000-children-incarcerated#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ncos-denies-26-000-children-incarcerated"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"NCoS denies 26, 000 children incarcerated","datePublished":"2025-06-04T22:23:06+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-04T23:39:28+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ncos-denies-26-000-children-incarcerated"},"wordCount":160,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ncos-denies-26-000-children-incarcerated#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1749067814.242247.jpg","keywords":["NCOS","Nigeria"],"articleSection":["all news","Policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ncos-denies-26-000-children-incarcerated#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ncos-denies-26-000-children-incarcerated","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ncos-denies-26-000-children-incarcerated","name":"NCoS denies 26, 000 children incarcerated - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ncos-denies-26-000-children-incarcerated#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ncos-denies-26-000-children-incarcerated#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1749067814.242247.jpg","datePublished":"2025-06-04T22:23:06+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-04T23:39:28+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS, has debunked tabloid newspaper reports that claimed that 26,000 children are be ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ncos-denies-26-000-children-incarcerated#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ncos-denies-26-000-children-incarcerated"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ncos-denies-26-000-children-incarcerated#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1749067814.242247.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1749067814.242247.jpg","width":1024,"height":575,"caption":"NCoS denies 26, 000 children incarcerated"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ncos-denies-26-000-children-incarcerated#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"NCoS denies 26, 000 children incarcerated"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165670\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}