{"id":173553,"date":"2025-08-11T22:03:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T21:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/panel-orders-mapping-of-correctional-facilities-nationwide"},"modified":"2025-08-11T23:14:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T22:14:42","slug":"panel-orders-mapping-of-correctional-facilities-nationwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/panel-orders-mapping-of-correctional-facilities-nationwide","title":{"rendered":"Panel Orders Mapping of Correctional Facilities Nationwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Independent Investigative Panel on Alleged Corruption, Abuse of Power, Torture, and Other Inhumane Treatment by the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), has directed a nationwide mapping of juvenile correctional facilities.<\/p>\n<p>The panel also ordered submission of a comprehensive status report to the National Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Uju Agomoh, Secretary of the panel, stated this on Monday in Abuja during a media interaction on the issues highlighted during the panel\u2019s third public hearing.<\/p>\n<p>Agomoh said the day\u2019s deliberations focused on the treatment of \u201cillegal persons\u201d in NCoS custody, challenges facing the service in implementing the NCoS Act, 2019, and standing orders.<\/p>\n<p>This, she said, was with emphasis on Section 35 (1) and (3), Section 13 (3b) and (4), and relevant provisions of the standing orders relating to the treatment of children.<\/p>\n<p>Agomoh said that clear directives were issued for a detailed status report on all custodial facilities nationwide, including \u201cBorstal facilities\u201d managed by the NCoS.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpecial instructions were given regarding a facility in Ilorin to determine whether it should be categorised as a hostel or halfway home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is also to ensure that classification of women\u2019s facilities follows the same standard,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Agomoh added that the panel had also ordered immediate action on water and sanitation issues in affected centres.<\/p>\n<p>On the welfare of young girls in detention, the panel examined NCoS\u2019s relationship with state agencies providing such facilities.<\/p>\n<p>She said the Panel recommended strategies to improve collaboration, especially since the service now falls under the Concurrent Legislative List.<\/p>\n<p>According to her, the panel directed the NCoS to map all states to identify locations of facilities for young offenders and submit this information promptly to Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe day\u2019s sessions also reviewed the informal sector, focusing on the need for proper oversight of facilities not governed by the Community Council, and on ensuring correctional measures are effectively implemented in such places,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Agomoh said data management within the NCoS was commendable, noting that the progress is supported by the Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption Programme under the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.<\/p>\n<p>This, she said, included provision of data equipment and logistical support for the parliament.<\/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 Independent Investigative Panel on Alleged Corruption, Abuse of Power, Torture, and Other Inhumane Treatment by the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), has directed a nationwide mapping of juvenile correctional facilities. The panel also ordered submission of a comprehensive status report to the National Assembly. Dr Uju Agomoh, Secretary of the panel, stated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":173552,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254,2550],"class_list":["post-173553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-nigeria","tag-prison"],"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>Panel Orders Mapping of Correctional Facilities Nationwide - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Independent Investigative Panel on Alleged Corruption, Abuse of Power, Torture, and Other Inhumane Treatment by the ...\" \/>\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\/panel-orders-mapping-of-correctional-facilities-nationwide\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Panel Orders Mapping of Correctional Facilities Nationwide\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Independent Investigative Panel on Alleged Corruption, Abuse of Power, Torture, and Other Inhumane Treatment by the ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/panel-orders-mapping-of-correctional-facilities-nationwide\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-11T21:03:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-11T22:14:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1754938035.672766.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\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=\"2 minutes\" \/>\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\/panel-orders-mapping-of-correctional-facilities-nationwide#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/panel-orders-mapping-of-correctional-facilities-nationwide\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Panel Orders Mapping of Correctional Facilities Nationwide\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-11T21:03:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-11T22:14:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/panel-orders-mapping-of-correctional-facilities-nationwide\"},\"wordCount\":377,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/panel-orders-mapping-of-correctional-facilities-nationwide#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1754938035.672766.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\",\"prison\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/panel-orders-mapping-of-correctional-facilities-nationwide#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/panel-orders-mapping-of-correctional-facilities-nationwide\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/panel-orders-mapping-of-correctional-facilities-nationwide\",\"name\":\"Panel Orders Mapping of Correctional Facilities Nationwide - 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