After visiting Kuje and Suleja Prisons by the
University of Abuja Law Clinic. Each team of the Clinicians interviewed a
number of inmates. At the subsequent case conferencing, the clinicians compiled
a number of cases that requires verification of certain inmate information and
went back to both prisons to requests further details from the inmates records
in the prison. Both prisons requested for time and after 2weeks, none of the
prisons could account for more than half of the list given to them.
The bottom line is the prisons have no up to
date records of their holding and people are just hoarded to prisons without
proper records. The lesson here is clinicians should watch out for these
type of cases and ask courts to strike the cases and release the inmates for
lack of diligent prosecution.
Reflection from Abuja LawClinic (submitted by Nasiru Mukhtar Saturday,12th May 2018 via whatsapp)
Reflection from Abuja LawClinic (submitted by Nasiru Mukhtar Saturday,12th May 2018 via whatsapp)
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