The Rivers State Judiciary has launched 150 inmates from the Port Harcourt Most Safety Custodial Centre as a part of its gaol supply train for the 2024/2025 authorized 12 months.
The train, aimed toward decongesting custodial centres throughout the state, noticed 109 inmates freed by the Magistrates’ Court docket and 41 others launched by the Chief Decide, Justice Simeon Chibuzor-Amadi.
Talking throughout the ceremony on the Port Harcourt facility, Justice Chibuzor-Amadi described the initiative as each constitutional and humanitarian, carried out beneath the powers vested in him by the Administration of Felony Justice Regulation of Rivers State.
He stated the evaluation targeted on inmates who had spent longer than crucial in custody with out trial, these whose case information had been lacking, and others whose circumstances warranted reconsideration.
The Chief Decide known as for nearer collaboration among the many police, the Ministry of Justice, the judiciary, and the correctional service to reinforce investigations and guarantee speedy dispensation of justice. He urged the freed inmates to show a brand new leaf and contribute positively to society.
The Controller of Correctional Centres, Rivers State Command, Felix Madumere, recommended the judiciary beneath the management of Justice Chibuzor-Amadi for its function in decongesting services and selling justice.
He additionally advocated for the institution of a Board of Prerogative of Mercy and improved infrastructure to accommodate inmates, notably these on dying row or serving life sentences, to additional ease overcrowding within the state’s custodial centres.
