I am Halima Mustapha Ramat, a participant of the nulai project from
Nasarawa State university Keffi, it was the first ever project I had
embarked on as a law clinician and it was one of the most memorable
time of my life. For so long I have always thought of prison inmates as
criminals and crooks but on getting to the prison and after interviewing
some inmates I realised things were not as I thought, I saw inmates
whom were wrongly detained, inmates who had no level representation or
money to afford any and for some they have lost hope of ever becoming
free in there life. But with this project, it became a ray of hope for
many inmates through the free legal representation and it also provide
access to justice which the inmates deserve. I say a thumbs up to Nulai a
job well done but more can be done e g. By improving the conditions of
the prison and for the prisoners skills can be taught to them so as to
prevent them from committing more crimes, in prisons most inmates tend
to learn and get into more crimes after there release from prison
because people see ex convicts as nothing but criminals who can do no
good to the society but when they acquire skills of their own while in
prison it will do more good and a source of fund can be organized for
prisoner so that as they learn the skill and are leaving prison money
or equipments will be available for them to start up business to enhance
their life and that prison is meant to serve as a corrective major not a
place to learn more ways of killing and deceiving people this will
help in showing them that crime is not a way of life but a shortcut to
prevention of freedom and life .
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