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Showing posts with label prisons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label prisons. Show all posts
Thursday, October 17, 2013

California prisons isolate inmates in a solitary confinement cell for 40 years

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Some inmates in California have spent up to 42 years isolated in a solitary confinement cell, new reports have revealed. “The Calif...
Wednesday, September 18, 2013

18 Soldiers Sentenced To Death, Prisons Over Boko Haram Complicity

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For their alleged links to Boko Haram, some soldiers are to face death penalty while others will go to jail. Those affected are one lieute...
Friday, August 23, 2013

Free but prisoners: How children born in Kirikiri prisons live

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In the cell block reserved for nursing mothers and pregnant inmates at the Kirikiri Female Prison, Lagos, toddlers clung to their mothers...
Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Farouk Lawan, Sergeant Omeleze & ‘gate fee’ At Ikoyi Prisons

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Recently, the video of a policeman, Sgt. Chris Omeleze, who was demanding a bribe, went viral. Nigerians registered their anger and indign...
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Sunday, March 3, 2013

Nigeria: Local Prisons - Inmates Open Up On Travails, Triumphs

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For long, so much has been said about the deplorable state of prisons in Nigeria, particularly the adverse health implications on inma...
Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Lagos Chief Judge frees 46 Inmates from Ikoyi Prisons

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The Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Ayotunde Phillips, yesterday Tuesday December 11th released 46 prisoners, including 75-year-o...
Friday, October 12, 2012

4,000 Nigerians in Turkey prisons – IG

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By Albert Akpor, Evelyn Usman & Daniel Eteghe. The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, yesterday, in Lagos, said that...