The recently collapsed Suleja Custodial Centre was built in 1914 to house 250 inmates but has 449 inmates. There are 244 custodial centres with 80,507 inmates as of April 29, the Nigerian Correctional Centre says. Although the Muhammadu Buhari administration initiated the building of new custodial centres in the six geopolitical zones, this did not fully take off. There is an urgent need to construct new custodial centres and re-evaluate the policing and legal systems to reduce unwarranted arrests. This will allow states to build more correctional centres, a solution to the chaos.

Source: Punch May 30, 2024 03:45 UTC