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At least 68 inmates have died following a gun battle between rival gangs inside Ecuador’s largest prison.
Read More »68 inmates killed following eight hours gun battle between rival drug gangs inside Ecuador’s largest prison
Hoodlums break into Ondo prison, release inmates
Peter Dada, Akure Hoodlums on Thursday broke into the National Correctional Service Centre in Okitipupa, the headquarters of Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State, and forcefully released the inmates.
Read More »Baby dies in prison after ‘mother gave birth alone in cell’
A baby has died in Britain’s biggest female prison after its mother allegedly gave birth alone in her cell.
Read More »Man, who spent 45 years in jail for crime not committed, sells prison paintings to feed
A man who spent 45 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit has been set free, but he is now selling art he painted while in jail to make ends meet.
Read More »Suspect Gets Prison Sentence For Selling Her Day Old Baby
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has secured another conviction as 23 year old Esther Ita Udoakang gets sentenced to two years imprisonment for child trafficking.
Read More »U.K To Build Prison In Lagos
The United Kingdom is to pay for a new wing in one of Nigeria’s largest prisons to help expedite the transfer of offenders from British jails.
Read More »Man ‘wakes up on mortuary slab after being declared dead by 3 doctors’
A 29-year-old prisoner woke up on an autopsy table after being declared dead by three doctors just a few hours before, according to reports.
Read More »I Don’t Want To Go Home, Released Inmate Begs Judge To Remain In Prison
There was a mild drama at the Aguata prisons in Anambra State on Thursday when a prison inmate, Tobias Mbaekwe, who was discharged on health grounds by the state Chief Judge, Justice Petre Umeadi, refused to leave the prison premises as he begged the judge to allow him continue to stay in prison.
Read More »Jailbreak: FG Sacks 23 Prison Officers, Suspends 11 Others
The Civil Defence, Fire, Immigration and Prisons Services Board (CDFIPB) has, at its emergency meeting held on Thursday 11th August, 2016, approved the dismissal of 3 senior Prisons officers serving in Kuje Medium Security prison and 3 other senior officers serving in Koton Karfe prison for their complicity in the escape of prisoners from the respective prisons. The dismissal letters …
Read More »Kirikiri prison inmate bags Degree in Theology
An inmate of Kirikiri Maximum Prisons, Albert Emmanuel Ajogbor, has bagged a Degree in Theology while under incarceration. Ajogbor, who was incarcerated in 2004, was presented with his degree certificate at the prison on Thursday. Mr Seye Odutan, the Deputy Controller in- charge of the Kirikiri prisons, said the feat recorded by Ajagbor followed the establishment of a West African …
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