The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Chief Afam Osigwe, has disclosed that over 65 per cent of inmates in the 244 correctional centres across Nigeria are awaiting trial. Osigwe made ...

The NCoS chief wants the Attorney-General of the Federation, and the Inspector-General of Police to ensure that awaiting trial persons’ cases are fast-tracked. Many of the ATPs are charged with ...

We are pushing for these standards to be enforced across the entire justice system—this includes all agencies and ...

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood set out the 10-year plan to ensure there is "always a place in our prisons for dangerous offenders", with the prison population in England and Wales ballooning in ...

He was sentenced to death and life imprisonment for conspiracy to commit armed robbery and robbery with firearms, and to three years imprisonment for stealing. But the popular narrative that he was ...

Since 2023, jails have been forced to recruit overseas officers to make up places, with the majority coming from Nigeria, ...

Former justice secretary David Gauke, who is carrying out a sentencing review, is widely expected to recommend more offenders ...

A California woman was sentenced Monday to more than 3 years in prison in a long-running case over a business that helped ...

This initiative marks a significant step forward in a country grappling with complex identification challenges, systemic ...

ShareBackground For three days, a rights advocacy organization, known as Centre for Transparency Advocacy, CTA, in collaboration with the Abia State Ministry of Justice, engaged strategic stakeholders ...

A recent trend at Green Bay's century-old maximum security prison shows more and more people are taking jobs as corrections officers. Legislators and activists agree it's a win, but aren't satisfied.