PRAWA Archives - PRNigeria News https://prnigeria.com/tag/prawa/ Reliable Platform for Press Release Syndication Fri, 06 Dec 2024 22:53:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://i0.wp.com/prnigeria.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/PRNigeria-Icon.jpg?fit=32%2C23&ssl=1 PRAWA Archives - PRNigeria News https://prnigeria.com/tag/prawa/ 32 32 42672738 How to Strengthen Correctional Reforms – Minister, Experts https://prnigeria.com/2024/12/06/strengthen-correctional/ Fri, 06 Dec 2024 22:44:59 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=151932 How to Strengthen Correctional Reforms – Minister, Experts The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, and experts have advocated for updated laws and policies that align with global best practices as part of efforts to strengthen correctional administration in the country. According to them, Nigeria needs administrative policies that will enhance correctional service delivery, strengthen justice […]

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]]> 151932 PRAWA Commits to Human Rights, Criminal Justice Reforms https://prnigeria.com/2024/11/19/prawa-human-rights/ Tue, 19 Nov 2024 14:20:53 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=150324 PRAWA, has pledged to sustain its advocacy works on implementing criminal justice and human rights reforms, together

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]]> 150324 Jail Breaks: PRAWA Advocates Modernization of Nigeria’s Correctional System https://prnigeria.com/2024/04/26/jail-breaks-prawa-advocates/ Fri, 26 Apr 2024 11:44:07 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=131280 Jail Breaks: PRAWA Advocates Modernization of Nigeria’s Correctional System The President of the Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action, PRAWA, Dr. Uju Agomoh, has advised the federal government to hasten the process of modernizing Nigeria’s correctional system, amid the rise in jail breaks and escaping of inmates. She made the call on Friday at a media […]

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]]> 131280 Pioneering Move: Ebonyi State Becomes First to Pass Correctional Service Bill https://prnigeria.com/2024/04/25/pioneering-move-ebonyi-becomes/ Thu, 25 Apr 2024 09:52:49 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=131122 Pioneering Move: Ebonyi State Becomes First to Pass Correctional Service Bill In a historic move, the Ebonyi State Assembly made a groundbreaking decision on Monday, April 22nd, 2024, by passing the Ebonyi State Correctional Service Bill. This monumental achievement makes Ebonyi State the first in Nigeria to take this crucial step. The bill now awaits […]

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]]> 131122 Why Torture Victims Don’t Get Justice, Medical Treatment – Experts https://prnigeria.com/2023/09/04/torture-victims-justice-medical/ Mon, 04 Sep 2023 13:19:13 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=104941 Why Torture Victims Don’t Get Justice, Medical Treatment – Experts The failure to prosecute persons found guilty of violently assaulting their fellow human beings is the chief reason why the crime of torture persists, experts said on Monday. They however, emphasized the need for relevant authorities to ensure victims of torture get justice and quality […]

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]]> 104941 PRAWA, Stakeholders Advocate Criminal Laws’ Amendment, Strengthening Virtual Courts https://prnigeria.com/2023/07/17/prawa-criminal-laws-virtual-courts/ Mon, 17 Jul 2023 17:07:16 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=101458 PRAWA, Stakeholders Advocate Criminal Laws’ Amendment, Strengthening Virtual Courts The Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action, PRAWA, and some key stakeholders advocating for effective justice administration in the country, have stressed the need for the legislature to hasten the amendment of criminal laws, decriminalization and declassification of minor and petty offences in Nigerian Laws. Also, PRAWA […]

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]]> 101458 Overcrowded Prisons: Over 70% of inmates on the awaiting-trial list — PRAWA https://prnigeria.com/2022/08/26/77211/ Fri, 26 Aug 2022 15:44:01 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=77211 Overcrowded Prisons: Over 70% of inmates on the awaiting-trial list — PRAWA •Calls for non-custodial measures With over 70% of unconvicted inmates in the Nigerian correctional facilities, the Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA) has called for the adoption of parole; a non-custodial measure to help decongest prisons, and increase public safety. A parolee is […]

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]]> 77211 Executing Inmates to Decongest Nigeria’s Prisons Not the Solution, CSOs tell FG   https://prnigeria.com/2021/08/06/nigerias-prisons-not-solution-cso-fg/ Fri, 06 Aug 2021 18:00:06 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=65161 Executing Inmates to Decongest Nigeria’s Prisons Not the Solution, CSOs tell FG   Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA) and the CSO Forum on Detention and Corrections in Nigeria have called on the Nigerian government to desist from the execution of condemned inmates as a solution to congestion in Custodial Centres across the country. The CSOs […]

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]]> 65161 Lawmakers Endorses Non-custodial Sentencing https://prnigeria.com/2021/03/26/lawmakers-endorses-non-custodial/ Fri, 26 Mar 2021 19:27:50 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=62375 Lawmakers Endorses Non-custodial Sentencing The  House  of Representatives Committee on Reformatory Institutions has expressed full support for non-custodial sentencing of offenders, as prescribed by the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) Act, 2019. The position of the House Committee was made known by the Chairman, Hon. Edwin Anayo at a training workshop for the Development of a […]

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]]> 62375 Kano Chief Judge Frees 39 Prison Inmates https://prnigeria.com/2020/12/10/kano-judge-frees-prison-inmates/ Thu, 10 Dec 2020 15:35:22 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=59723 Kano Chief Judge Frees 39 Prison Inmates The chief judge of Kano State, Justice Nura Sagir Umar has released 37 inmates across the Custodial Centers in the state. This is part of the decongestion effort championed by the Federal government. During the 2 days jail delivery exercise, the chief judge urged the released inmates to […]

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]]> 59723 PRAWA Task Govt Repeal laws that ‘Criminalize Poverty’ https://prnigeria.com/2020/12/09/prawa-govt-repeal-laws-poverty/ Wed, 09 Dec 2020 14:23:12 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=59702 PRAWA Task Govt Repeal laws that ‘Criminalize Poverty’ Prisoners’ Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA) has tasked the federal government to urgently repeal lingering laws that criminalise poverty in the country. This is just as the organisation applauded the opinion ruling of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights which declared that vagrancy laws are […]

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]]> 59702 NCoS is Ready to Implement Non-custodial Measures- Jaafaru Ahmed https://prnigeria.com/2020/11/20/ncos-custodial-measures-jaafaru/ Fri, 20 Nov 2020 19:52:51 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=59132 NCoS is Ready to Implement Non-custodial Measures- Jaafaru Ahmed The Controller General of the Nigerian Correctional Services (NCoS) Ja’afaru Ahmed has declared the readiness of the institution to work on the implementation of the Non-custodial measures and prepared to duplicate it in other states of the federation and not only the FCT command. Ahmed hinted […]

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]]> 59132 PRAWA, RoLAC Train NSCos Directorate on Non-custodial Measures https://prnigeria.com/2020/11/17/prawa-rolac-train-nscos/ Tue, 17 Nov 2020 16:09:46 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=58807 PRAWA, RoLAC Train NSCos Directorate on Non-custodial Measures The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has embarked on the training of Non-custodial directorate staff in the supervision and implementation of the part two service act,2019 Non custodial measures. The ongoing training at the service headquarters in Abuja in collaboration with British Council, Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption […]

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]]> 58807 NCoS: PRAWA Seek CSOs’ Support for Prison Decongestion https://prnigeria.com/2020/09/23/prawa-ncos-prison-decongestion/ Wed, 23 Sep 2020 18:57:19 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=52126 NCoS: PRAWA Seek CSOs’ Support for Prison Decongestion The Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA) has called on the Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), traditional rulers, and other stakeholders to support the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) in the effective implementation of non custodial measures and consequently decongest custodial centres across the country. The Executive Director of […]

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]]> 52126 PRAWA Seeks Exclusion of Petty Offences in Lawbooks over Discrimination https://prnigeria.com/2020/09/10/prawa-seeks-exclusion-of-petty-offences/ Thu, 10 Sep 2020 17:26:36 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=50516 PRAWA Seeks Exclusion of Petty Offences in Lawbooks over Discrimination Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA), a non-governmental organization (NGO), has called for the removal of petty offences from the Nigerian lawbooks. The Deputy Director of PRAWA, Mrs. Ogechi Ogu, made this known to journalists, on Thursday, in Abuja. Mrs. Ogu, while maintaining that detaining […]

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]]> 50516 NCoS, PRAWA Moves to Decongest Custodial Centres Nationwide https://prnigeria.com/2020/08/31/ncos-prawa-decongest-custodial-nationwide/ Mon, 31 Aug 2020 17:51:50 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=49224 NCoS, PRAWA Moves to Decongest Custodial Centres Nationwide The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), on Monday decried the overcrowded state of custodial centres (prisons) across the country, which it said is a burden on the economy of the country, infrastructure, among others, and have intensified moves to decongest the centres through non-custodial sentencing. Comptroller General, NCS, […]

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]]> 49224 COVID-19: PRAWA Donates Computers, Phones to NCoS https://prnigeria.com/2020/08/20/prawa-donates-computer-ncos/ Thu, 20 Aug 2020 12:54:12 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=46919 COVID-19: PRAWA Donates Computers, Phones to NCoS The Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA) with the support of the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) on Wednesday donated computers, mobile phones and other items worth over N25 million to the Nigerian Correctional Services (NCS) to facilitate virtual visititation and prevent the spread of the […]

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]]> 46919 PRAWA Urges FG to Amend Anti-Torture Act to Accommodate Rehabilitation of Victims https://prnigeria.com/2020/06/25/prawa-fg-anti-torture-act-victims/ Thu, 25 Jun 2020 17:48:26 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=33728 PRAWA Urges FG to Amend Anti-Torture Act to Accommodate Rehabilitation of Victims The Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA) has called on the Federal Government to amend the Anti-torture Act to provide for rehabilitation for torture victims and support institutional as well as  sustainable structure for its effective implementation. This call was made in a […]

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]]> 33728 COVID-19: PRAWA Trains Correctional Officers on Guidelines for Sanctioning Offenders https://prnigeria.com/2020/05/19/covid-prawa-correctional-offenders/ Tue, 19 May 2020 18:42:43 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=32681 COVID-19: PRAWA Trains Correctional Officers on Guidelines for Sanctioning Offenders The Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA) has trained Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) officers on Non-Custodial Measures in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on guidelines for the supervision of offenders Serving Non-Custodial Sentence and punishment of violators during the COVID-19 lockdown. This was contained in […]

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]]> 32681 PRAWA, British Council releases guidelines for Court Operation to contain COVID-19 spread https://prnigeria.com/2020/05/13/prawa-british-guidelines-covid/ Wed, 13 May 2020 18:48:52 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=32515 PRAWA, British Council releases guidelines for Court Operation to contain COVID-19 spread The Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA) has released a seven-step guideline to halt the spread of COVID-19 and protect citizens and residents of Nigeria. The development of the guidelines was supported by the Rule of Law and Anti Corruption (RoLAC ) project […]

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