Below is a Summary of The Nigerian Prisons Inmate Population By Convict and Awaiting Trial persons as at 9th April, 2018: Total Inmate population: – 72,194 Total Male Prisoners: – 70,775 (98%) Total Female Prisoners: – 1,419 (2%) Total Convicted Prisoners: – – 22,804 (32%) Convicted Male Prisoners: – 22,475 Convicted Female Prisoners: – […]
The Nigerian Prisons Service operates a four level Command Structure with the National Headquarters in Abuja. The Structure is divided into eight (8) zones, each zone having State Commands under it. The Zones are headed by Assistant Controller-Generals of Prisons. The States are headed by Controllers of Prisons, and the prison is the last unit of […]
The Works and Logistics Directorate of the Nigerian Prisons Service is the infrastructural mainframe Directorate. This is the Directorate that caters for both mobile and immobile prison infrastructure. The Directorate is divided into two broad sections, namely, the Works and the Logistic sections. The Works section has the responsibility of articulating, planning, implementing, supervising/monitoring the […]
The directorate has two major sections. These are: Budget Finance / Accounts The Finance and Budget Directorate of the Nigerian Prisons Service has the responsibility of formulating, preparing, monitoring, evaluating, appraising, disbursing and supervising approved budgetary allocations for each year. This it does in addition to preparing and defending/justifying yearly budgetary proposals. See All The […]
The Inmates’ Training and Productivity (ITP) Directorate of the Nigerian Prisons service has the responsibility of training inmates specifically in Prison Farms and Industries for the purpose of not only imparting self-sustaining skills on them but also in the process inculcating in them the positive orientation of finding dignity in labour. To that extent, this […]
The Administration, and Supplies directorate of the Nigerian Prisons Service owns the responsibility of properly articulating and implementing policy on personnel matters such as appointment, promotion, staff distribution, posting, discipline and training. This is the Directorate that sees to the recruitment and documentation of new staff. It also coordinates promotions and plans the training programmes […]
The Nigerian Prisons Service Operations Directorate has the following responsibility: Ensuring that all prisons nation-wide are administered according to law and managed in conformity with the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (The Mandela Rules); Ensuring the maintenance of acceptable standard of activities in all prisons according to their security categorization; […]