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The Nigerian Correctional Service says it will reward five million naira to anyone who provides useful information that leads to the recapture of the fleeing inmates from the Medium Custodial Centre, Ilesha, Osun State. A statement by the Public Relations Officer of the Service Umar Abubakar says the move is to encourage public participation in the recapture of the escapees. The statement urges members of the public to report any […]
The Federal Government has approved the employment of 50 doctors and 100 nurses to cater for the medical needs of inmates in correctional centres across the country. The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo also got a presidential approval for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to post medical doctors to correctional centres for the service year, in realization of the need to protect the rights of the weakest in […]
An Alabama death row inmate is about to undergo the first US execution by nitrogen gas after losing last-minute appeals. The US Supreme Court and a lower appeals court have declined to block what Kenneth Eugene Smith's lawyers called a cruel and unusual punishment. They say pumping nitrogen through a mask could mean he chokes on his vomit. The UN says it could amount to torture. Smith, 58, was convicted […]
An Alabama death row inmate is hours away from undergoing the first US execution by nitrogen gas after losing last-minute appeals. The US Supreme Court and a lower appeals court have declined to block what Kenneth Eugene Smith's lawyers called a cruel and unusual punishment. Nitrogen is to be pumped into his body through a mask for up to 15 minutes. Smith, 58, was convicted in 1989 of murdering a […]
An Oklahoma judge has exonerated a man who was in prison for almost half a century for a 1974 murder, the longest wrongful sentence to be served in the US. Glynn Simmons, 70, was freed in July when a judge ordered a new trial. But a county district attorney said on Monday there was not enough evidence to warrant one. In an order on Tuesday, Oklahoma County District Judge […]
The Nigeria Correctional Service, Katsina State Command has re- arrested the principal suspect among the two Awaiting trial inmates that escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre on 17th October 2023. A statement by the Command's Public Relations officer Najibullah Idris says the inmate, Abba Kala was arrested during a search party with other security agencies in Katsina State. The statement says the Nigerian Correctional Service Katsina state command is […]
