A recent report that inmates at various correctional centres across the country are malnourished brings to the fore, again, the urgency of reordering the intentions and priorities of those facilities.

Nine out of eleven inmates escaped from the Juvenile Correctional Centre in Oko Erin, Ilorin, late Friday night. The incident, which occurred around 10:00 on April 19, was reported by a staff ...

The Trinity House Church, Lagos, has donated a N30m coaster bus to the Ikoyi Correctional Centre to ease the transportation challenges of conveying inmates to and from court. According to a ...

KOTA KINABALU: The flood situation in Beaufort has returned to normal, with the Selagon temporary evacuation centre closed at 4pm on Thursday (May 8). The Sabah State Disaster Management Committee ...

The 47-year-old man suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the stabbing on Monday, said police, who were called to the Brandon Correctional Centre around 8:45 p.m. A 41-year-old man is charged with ...

Two Correctional Services officials attached to the Goodwood Correctional Centre have been suspended following the death of an inmate, Quinton Fortuin, in February. Two other officials have ...

Six prisoners from the correctional centre completed the Certificate II with Registered Training Organization Occupational Skills Centre Australia. The program provides prisoners with education ...

The horrible feeding of inmates in our correctional centres is contrary to the Provisions of Section 176 of the Nigerian Prison Standing Order of 2011. It states clearly that, "Every prisoner ...

Official sources at the Oke-Kura custodial centre in Ilorin, informed our correspondent that Portable was released 3:30 pm on Tuesday after a variation of his bail conditions by the authorities.

Mpho Makhubeni was incarcerated at the Mangaung Correctional Centre for murder from November 2014. During a raid at the Centre, Mkhubeni died after what Mangaung officials said was an asthma attack.