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Updated: April 13, 2021

JUSUN Strike Could Cause Apprehension, Prison Riot In Correctional Centres – Official

By Bada Yusuf Amoo
April 13, 2021
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The Spokesperson of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Mr. Frank Enoboro, has prayed that the ongoing strike of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) would end in time, expressing fear that prolonged detention of inmates could increase tension and spark prison riots in the correctional facilities.

The spokesperson said that 95 percent of prison riots were caused by persons awaiting trials or condemned inmates. He however, said the strike had also made sure that new inmates were not coming in since courts were shut.

Enoboro said, “In a way we are not too affected because we are not seeing an influx of persons coming into the correctional centres but the irony is that we get more concerned when people are not leaving our facilities than when they are coming in.

“This is because if those who are to go to court cannot go, it will create tension. It means those who have the hope of leaving the correctional centre will have to remain there till courts resume duty. It creates tension for us, it creates concern because when the yard is tensed up, anything can happen.

“If you look at the history of internal insurrection in our facilities all this while, I can say close to 95 percent of them are engineered by either those awaiting trial or those that are condemned to death. So, these are the areas we getting pressure. So, the courts being shut are of concern to us.”