The
NULAI/OSIWA prison decongestion program as so far worth the time, energy and
enthusiasm imputed for the achievement of thr program personally. The project
has diverte my mind from its usual notion as to the my intention towards an
accused persons to elbe nothing but criminals, to knowing that most alledged
crimes were not actually committed by them, or they were just victims of
circumstances.
In order to ensure the effectiveness of the
project, the project was splitted int three stages;
1,
the project workshop
2,
advocacy visit
3,
prison visitation.
My
experience at the workshop was an interesting one, project participants were
introduced and enlightened to vital areas and concept of the project scope
including familiarization with how to draft important documents and filing of
the prison visitation form used to collate the detainees information.
I
was opportune to join the law clinic on it’s advocacy visit to the office of
the D.P.P, where we were warmly received and we were assured about the
willingness and readiness of the D.P.P to support the law clinic with in the
corpus of his powers.
The first prison visitation was to the
okekura prison, ilorin, where I interviewed two detainees, one as charged with
theft and the other with assault and battery.
In the past 7months of the project, i have
learnt how to conduct interviews, draft affidavits, bail applications and i
have been exposed to court proceedings.
So far, i feel accomplished to participate
in the NUAI/OSIWA prison decongestion project, as it has helped in achieving my
dreams of laying impacts in the public.
In concussion, I personally applaud
NULAI/OSIWA for bringing up such innovation and supporting the project
financially and requiring constant followup through plethora of reports.
However a major setback as to the effectiveness
and enforcement is time constraint, i suggest that the time frame
scheduled for the program should be extended to ensure proffer effectiveness as
most law clinics are willing to ensure proper effectiveness but time remains an hindrance.
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