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Committee on Prison Reforms and Prison Decongestion has facilitated the release
of 458 inmates in Kaduna State. The special panel, which was inaugurated
on
October 31, 2017, by Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of
Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), is under the chairmanship of Chief Judge of
the FCT High Court, Justice Ishaq Bello.
It was
charged with the mandate to “fast track the decongestion of prisons,
particularly inmates convicted with option of fines.” The members of the panel
were received by Kaduna State Controller of Prison, Yazidu Alhassan, during
their official assignments in the state. Cases of convicted prison inmates were
reviewed and the minister paid fines for the release of 42 inmates in Kaduna
Prison and 34 others in Zaria Prison. Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State
also paid fines for 382 inmates of both Kaduna and Zaria prisons. Chairman of
the Committee, Justice Bello, called on the released inmates to be of good
behaviour. as they rejoined their family members and friends. He further admonished
them to stay away from bad company that has the ability of luring them into
criminal acts, and commended the prison authorities for “correctional
tutoring.” manifested in the orderliness displayed by the inmates throughout
the exercise and the cleanliness of the prison environment. The representative
of the Controller General of prison, ACG Abubakar Garba, appreciated the
efforts of the committee and Kaduna State government towards decongesting the
prison.
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