The Nigeria Correctional Service disclosed on Thursday that the Federal Authorities had elevated the feeding allowance for jail inmates.
It additionally disclosed that over 1,000 inmates are at the moment pursuing college levels, whereas six are learning for PhD.
The rise in inmates’ feeding permitting follows a latest viral video by which inmates at a correctional centre in Calabar, Cross River State, complained about insufficient feeding.
Talking on Thursday on the Strategic Communications Interagency Coverage Committee’s month-to-month press briefing in Abuja, the spokesperson for the service, Umar Abubakar, stated the increment was a results of the rising price of meals.
He stated: “The viral video is just not a illustration of Nigeria Correctional Service, neither is it a mandate of the service on reformation and rehabilitation of inmates. Let me make this identified right here that for the reason that inception of the change in identify, important progress has been made in reforming those that are in our custody.
“4 days in the past, I granted an interview the place we gave particulars on the alleged video. The NCoS has really ordered for detailed investigation of the stated video, which goes viral. And on the end result of the investigation, I’ll not have the ability to communicate a lot on that.
“And on the difficulty of the price of meals, the Federal Authorities has really reviewed the feeding allowance of inmates in our custody with 50 per cent. And that is simply the primary section of the evaluate.”
Umar additionally acknowledged that the NCoS had created a conducive surroundings for inmates to satisfy its mandate of reformation and rehabilitation.
He added that over 1,000 inmates are undergraduate, 282 are on their diploma and Grasp’s diploma and 6 present process their PHD programmes.
Umar stated, “Let me say right here that at the moment in an effort to make sure that we’ve what I discuss with as public security by means of our reformatory actions, we’ve over 1,000 of our inmates who’re really going by means of their varied diploma programme, 282 doing their diploma and grasp’s diploma programme, and 6 which can be doing their PhD programme. Three of the PhD college students are already writing their thesis.
“All that is geared in the direction of our efforts to make sure that we modify the psyche and behavior of our inmates, and to assist their re-entry again to society.
“It’s the care we give to those inmates in our custody that has supplied a serene surroundings to assist them study ability acquisition throughout our custodial centre.”