WHY NIGERIAN PRISONS ARE INCREASINGLY CONGESTED

Nigerian prisons are getting congested more and more but not necessarily because there are more criminals under trial but because unsentenced inmates are more.

According to statistics released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), between 2011 and 2015, total prison inmates in Nigerian prisons grew by 25.8% to  62,260.

Within the same period, unsentenced  inmates rose by 27.8% to 45,158 thus constituting 72.5% of total prison population by 2015 compared to 71.4% in 2011.

Actually, percentage of unsentenced inmates had eased to 69.9% in 2012, then 68.9% in 2013 before climbing through 2014's 69.4% to the 2015 five year high.

Unsentenced inmates are those still on trial; awaiting trial or remanded in prison custody before trial. Either way it goes, it implies that the wheel of justice continues to grind more slowly and indeed, comparatively slowed to a five year low in 2015.

The situation was relative though if the six geopolitical zones of the country came into focus. Both in terms of number of inmates and unsentenced ones, three zones seem to be very dominant.

These were South South with top inmates of 13,136 out of which 11073 were unsentenced by 2015; South West 12784 inmates, with 10,687 unsentenced and North West with 12,246 inmates out of which 7050 were unsentenced.

The South East too had quite a number of inmates by 2015(8906)  out of which, majority or 7946 were unsentenced.

These zones also recorded top growths when compared to 2011 with unsentenced inmates growing by 47.2% in South South; 35.9% in North West, 25.9% in South West and by a far lower 16.4% in the South East.

In the end, three zones consistently had above national percentage of unsentenced to total inmates: South East, South South and South West.

The zone with the lowest percentage through the five years was by North East consistently below 50% throughout; while North Central, and North West were consistently below national percentage but above 50%.

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