The Nigerian Criminal justice, Correctional System and it's entirety
The Nigerian Criminal Justice, Correctional System and What it Entails.
One would wonder what the Nigerian Criminal Justice entails in its entirety. The Nigerian criminal justice hinges on the Nigerian Legal System as the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) posits it's foundation thereof. Chapter 4 of the Constitution (FRN), particularly Sections 33-46 further in its broad way expands the rights of individuals, criminalities at different stages and the consequences of certain wrongs when acted upon by the citizenry of Nigeria
Not just the constitution recognizes the existence of the Nigerian Criminal Justice and correctional systems, certain laws such as the Administration of Criminal Justice Acts and Laws of both the federation and State, Criminal Procedure Code laws, Penal Code Laws have both been created in Criminal Jurisprudence to guide acts performed in both sections of the Nation-State, Nigeria. If rightly divided into two sections.
More so, different governmental bodies and agencies have come to the realization that for Nigeria to thrive in its might in curbing the acts of deviants in the country, there ought to be the import of justice and correctional systems in vogue. These bodies include the Federal and State Prisons, the EFFC prisons, ICPC prisons for Economic financial Crimes and corrupt practices. To mention but a few, the police also is not aloof in its primary role of ensuring public order and morality.
As the society is dynamic, law also is not only dynamic but organic because it grows with the Changing times of the society to keep the society free from brigade and all manner of wrongs. By so doing various organs and partitions of government are in consonance with the purpose of according Every man his due. Where there is a wrong there is a remedy. Hence, in the bid to create a peace reigning society, justice must be done at all levels, be it at the area of criminality, through the correctional facilities and....
Notwithstanding the good motives of the government in creating a harmonious system for the Nigerian citizenry, there still remains certain challenges in the Nigerian Criminal Justice and correctional system. Hence, such pitfalls.
These pitfalls include :
a. Lack of expeditious determination of cases: thereby keeping the inmates in prison custody for years longer than the time of their arraignment in a Competent Court of Law
b. Poor feeding habits towards the inmates : Most of these inmates do not survive their period of arraignments as few die of starvation and hunger.
c. Congestion of Prisons: poor environmental conditions occasion poor health conditions which makes the inmates prone to sicknessea and diseases. These inmates are not less humans and in that vein, the correctional services should remain with the view of according Every man his due and not serving inmates as a place starvation and poor health facilities.
d. Slow determination of cases of inmates who are indigent : it is the duty of the government to provide lawyers from the Legal Aid Department to represent indigent accused persons pro Bono. When the Government fails to release funds to these lawyers, they do not treat these matters of indigent inmates as matters of urgency of purpose.
It is at this juncture that I strongly urge the government to encourage speedy dispensation of cases, provide funds to prison facilities for feeding, health maintance of facilities, provide funds to legal Aid departments and other bodies charged with representation of indigent inmates in Nigeria and also practice decongestion of prisons often.
***Precious Eminent***
One would wonder what the Nigerian Criminal Justice entails in its entirety. The Nigerian criminal justice hinges on the Nigerian Legal System as the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) posits it's foundation thereof. Chapter 4 of the Constitution (FRN), particularly Sections 33-46 further in its broad way expands the rights of individuals, criminalities at different stages and the consequences of certain wrongs when acted upon by the citizenry of Nigeria
Not just the constitution recognizes the existence of the Nigerian Criminal Justice and correctional systems, certain laws such as the Administration of Criminal Justice Acts and Laws of both the federation and State, Criminal Procedure Code laws, Penal Code Laws have both been created in Criminal Jurisprudence to guide acts performed in both sections of the Nation-State, Nigeria. If rightly divided into two sections.
More so, different governmental bodies and agencies have come to the realization that for Nigeria to thrive in its might in curbing the acts of deviants in the country, there ought to be the import of justice and correctional systems in vogue. These bodies include the Federal and State Prisons, the EFFC prisons, ICPC prisons for Economic financial Crimes and corrupt practices. To mention but a few, the police also is not aloof in its primary role of ensuring public order and morality.
As the society is dynamic, law also is not only dynamic but organic because it grows with the Changing times of the society to keep the society free from brigade and all manner of wrongs. By so doing various organs and partitions of government are in consonance with the purpose of according Every man his due. Where there is a wrong there is a remedy. Hence, in the bid to create a peace reigning society, justice must be done at all levels, be it at the area of criminality, through the correctional facilities and....
Notwithstanding the good motives of the government in creating a harmonious system for the Nigerian citizenry, there still remains certain challenges in the Nigerian Criminal Justice and correctional system. Hence, such pitfalls.
These pitfalls include :
a. Lack of expeditious determination of cases: thereby keeping the inmates in prison custody for years longer than the time of their arraignment in a Competent Court of Law
b. Poor feeding habits towards the inmates : Most of these inmates do not survive their period of arraignments as few die of starvation and hunger.
c. Congestion of Prisons: poor environmental conditions occasion poor health conditions which makes the inmates prone to sicknessea and diseases. These inmates are not less humans and in that vein, the correctional services should remain with the view of according Every man his due and not serving inmates as a place starvation and poor health facilities.
d. Slow determination of cases of inmates who are indigent : it is the duty of the government to provide lawyers from the Legal Aid Department to represent indigent accused persons pro Bono. When the Government fails to release funds to these lawyers, they do not treat these matters of indigent inmates as matters of urgency of purpose.
It is at this juncture that I strongly urge the government to encourage speedy dispensation of cases, provide funds to prison facilities for feeding, health maintance of facilities, provide funds to legal Aid departments and other bodies charged with representation of indigent inmates in Nigeria and also practice decongestion of prisons often.
***Precious Eminent***
Rightly said My darling Lagal gentleman
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