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The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), formerly known as Nigerian Prison Service (NPS), is a government agency of Nigeria which operates prisons. The agency is headquartered in Abuja , [ 1 ] and it is under the supervision of the Ministry of the Interior and the Civil Defence Immigration and Correctional Service. [ 2 ]
The Federal Ministry of the Interior is a Ministry of the Federal Government of Nigeria tasked with providing complementary internal security and other ancillary services within Nigeria. The Ministry is headed by the Minister of Interior, a cabinet-level head who reports directly to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Hope Behind Bars Africa was established in 2018. It was founded by Nigerian lawyer Oluwafunke Adeoye who had a personal experience with the criminal justice system as a child when her father was unfairly treated by the system. [5] [6] [7] In 2018, Hope Behind Bars Africa provided pro-bono legal services to indigent pre-trial detainees in Nigeria.
At least 274 inmates have escaped from a prison in Nigeria’s Borno state following heavy flooding, the Nigerian Correctional Service said, as aid agencies reported more than 1,000 people had ...
More than 100 prisoners have escaped from a medium security prison in Nigeria after heavy rainfall destroyed part of the facility, the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) said in a press release ...
Federal Fire Service [12] Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) Nigerian Correctional Service; Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps; National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) The Civil Defence, Immigration, Prisons, Fire Service Board (CDFIPB) [13]
The Nigeria Immigration Service is governed by the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB), a joint board under the Federal Ministry of Interior that envisages to develop a virile, motivated, disciplined Paramilitary Services that ensure peace, safety and stability of the Country.
Kirikiri Maximum Security Prison is a prison west of Apapa, Lagos State, Nigeria. [1] It is named after the rural Kirikiri community in which it is situated. A part of the Nigerian Correctional Service, its official capacity is 1,056. [2] It was first established in 1955.