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The Kaduna State Committee on Prisons Decongestion on Friday said it had set free 15 inmates from the Kaduna Central Prison.
The committee’s chairperson, Amina Dyeris-Sijuwade, who is
also the state’s Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, said in a
statement that the gesture was part of the ongoing prison decongestion
exercise.
According to the statement, signed by her Media Assistant, Barau Emmanuel, most of the freed
inmates, including a female, were first-time offenders held for non-capital offences.
inmates, including a female, were first-time offenders held for non-capital offences.
“The committee also reviewed the bail conditions of several
inmates that were deemed excessive,’’ the statement said. “They were
also encouraged to start meaningful ventures or vocations and those who
could return to school were urged to do so to help themselves and the
society,” it added.
