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Decongestion of Nigerian prisons: An examination of the role of the Nigerian police in the application of the holding-charge procedure in relation to pre-trial detainees

The Nigerian Correctional Service is known to be grappling with a congestion of inmates in its facilities around the country.However, its major challenge is that more than two-thirds of these inmates are awaiting-trial detainees that ultimately stay in correctional centres for long periods of time without their status being determined.There is a growing body of research into ways to reduce the high incidence of prolonged detention of pre-trial inmates in the country.This article analyses the effect of the holding-charge procedure, whereby the Nigerian police arraign individuals before lower co…