According to DAILYTRUST, the Director and Directorate of Citizens Right (DCR), Lagos State Ministry of Justice, Omotilewa Ibirogba disclosed this while leading officials on a welfare check to the prison and also to decongest the prisons.
According to Omotilewa, there are currently 222 inmates, in which 175 are awaiting trial, 43 have been convicted, 2 inmates are serving life sentences and 2 inmates have been sentenced to death.
She added, ”there are also 8 babies who are living with their mothers currently, while 9 other inmates are pregnant.”
She spoke on the future of the 8 babies explaining as soon as they are 24 months old, they would be taken away from their mothers and handed to appointed relations of their mothers to nurture them.
Mrs Omotilewa also said, ”Our findings revealed that a lot of the inmates already have legal representations and have been granted bail by the courts but have not been able to perfect other bail conditions. There are plans by my Directorate to provide free legal services to those whose cases are not going on well in the courts, while applications will be filed to vary bail conditions for those already granted bail by the courts.
”Contrary to what was obtained in the past, the inmates looked neat, healthy, well fed and had no rashes on their bodies.”
NAN reports that the team donated some toiletries to the prison.
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