INTRODUCTION
The project
is sponsored by the NETWORK OF UNIVERSITY LEGAL AID INSTITUTIONS (NULAI)
together with the OPEN SOCIETY INNOVATIVE OF WEST AFRICA (OSIWA) to facilitate
access to justice to PRISON PRE-TRIAL DETAINEES.
The project
is to be done within the span of one year and the target of the law clinic is
towards 50 detainees with less serious offences and who do not have legal
representation across the OKE-KURA and MANDALA
EXPERIENCE
A lot has
been experienced, but one significant experience I got in the course of this
project happened on a particular visitation to oke-kura prison. On that day,
rain fell in the early hours of the day and on getting to the prison, we were
not allowed to enter not to talk of interviewing the detainees. The prison
official that attended to us made a statement, he said "we treat this
people like salt". So the simple lesson I learnt from this is that despite
our readiness and preparation physically and mentally, the simple fact that it
rained earlier that day could hinder our entry to the prison and consequently
disallow us from doing what we went to do.
MY
REFLECTIONS
During the
course of this project, I have learnt a lot of things among which are:
·
How
to conduct an interview generally
·
And
specifically, the necessary information required while interviewing a detainee
·
I
have also learnt how to write summary of cases and report writing.
HOW I
FEEL BEING PART OF THE PROJECT
Being part
of this project is something that I am glad about simply because it has exposed
me to a lot of things that even some of my classmates would have no idea of,
both practically and administrative-wise in this legal field.
HOW
THE EXPERIENCE CHANGED MY VIEW
The
experiences I got from being part of this project has changed my perspective in
different ways, one of this is that I have been made to understand that apart
from the criminal justice system, there are several other factors affecting
criminal trial in Nigeria
CONCLUSION
AND RECOMMENDATION
This kind of
project, because of its purpose and objective should be done from time to time
considering the rate at which people are accused, arrested and arraigned before
the court.
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