‘600 inmates occupying prison meant for only 116 people

The Nasarawa State Controller of Prisons, Mr. Ekwere Ekanem, says the high level of congestion in prisons across the state is limiting efforts at reforming inmates to become better citizens.
Ekanem said in an interview with newsmen in Lafia that the prison in Keffi, built to serve 116 inmates, currently houses over 600 prisoners.
He also said facilities at the five prisons across the state had been overstretched, making it difficult for the service to effectively rehabilitate the inmates. The controller stressed that the domestication of the Administration of Criminal Justice System Act 2015 would go a long way in decongesting
prisons, as it had provisions for alternative dispute resolution
mechanisms.