NIGERIAN PRISONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES: A CASE STUDY OF JOS AND PANKSHIN PRISONS (1999-2009)

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NIGERIAN PRISONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES: A CASE STUDY OF JOS AND PANKSHIN PRISONS (1999-2009)

Abstract:

Prisons have always been considered as rehabilitative and reformation centers. However in reality as a result of abuses of prisoners’ rights and other factors this may not be possible. It may become a breeding ground for future criminals. Though prisoners are incarcerated, but that does not mean that they should be open to abuse. They are human beings like any other, who are also protected by the constitution of Nigeria and other international instruments of the United Nations. Against this background, this study attempted to empirically examine the extent to which the prisoner’s rights are being abused or violated with Jos and Pankshin prisons as case study. Prisoner’s Rights theory became central in the discussion, of which the focus is the prisoner’s status.A penal policy based on prisoners’ rights theory is one which respects the prisoner’s inherent dignity as a person. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected through the use of questionnaire; key informants interviewed and examination of some books and documents. Also the analysis of data was through the combination of quantitative and qualitative analysis. The result of the data analysis showed that the respondents varied in socio-demographic characteristics such as age, economic background, offence committed, etc. Further result of the substantive data showed that there is a serious human rights abuse of prisoners in both Jos and Pankshin due largely to lack of implementation of United Nations minimum standard rules for the protection of prisoners and other instruments. It has been established by this study that many prisoners were unfairly incarcerated due to the fact that they had no legal representation. Jos(57.5%) and Pankshin(76%)had no lawyer during trial. And many prisoners in Jos(57%) and Pankshin(40%) experienced torture and the common torture was beating. Finally, it was discovered that most respondents considered the condition in the prisons to be very terrible and there has not been any improvement in the facilities in the recent times. On the basis of the findings, the study recommended that the issue of prisoner’s rights must be taken seriously by observing the UN Minimum Standard Rules for the protection of prisoners and other similar instruments in order to achieve the objective for which the prisoners were establish

NIGERIAN PRISONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES: A CASE STUDY OF JOS AND PANKSHIN PRISONS (1999-2009)

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