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The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has launched a manhunt for an inmate who escaped from the Maximum Security Custodial Centre in Maiduguri, Borno State. The correctional authorities identified the escapee as JOHN ISEARL, the name reportedly appearing on...

A death row inmate sparked nationwide outrage after illegally using a prohibited mobile phone to host a viral TikTok livestream from inside Ibara Custodial Centre. The Controller-General of Corrections ordered the immediate removal of the Officer-in-Charge and two...

November 16, (THEWILL) — The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Federal Capital Territory Command, has dismissed reports alleging that female inmates across the country are being denied menstrual hygiene support. The rebuttal follows a recent narrative suggesting that women held at...

July 19, (THEWILL) — Nigeria has reaffirmed its commitment to the full implementation of the Nelson Mandela Rules. THEWILL reports that the Nelson Mandela Rules are United Nations Standard Minimum Rules adopted for the treatment of prisoners. The Controller General of...

June 25, (THEWILL) – The leadership of the National Association of Seadogs Pyrates Confraternity (NAS PC), Oxbow Marino Deck, on Tuesday, hosted the Controller of Corrections of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Bayelsa State Command, over the need for...

June 21, (THEWILL) – The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has suspended two of its personnel following a recent incident involving a convicted inmate allegedly attempting to process an international passport while in custody. A statement by the Service Public Relations...

May 21, (THEWILL) – The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has announced a N5 million reward for credible information that will lead to the recapture of seven inmates who escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Ilesa, Osun State. THEWILL...

May 21, (THEWILL) – Seven inmates at the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Ilesa, Osun State, have escaped after a heavy downpour collapsed the facility’s aging perimeter wall. The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) said the breach, triggered by structural...

April 15, (THEWILL) – The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has dismissed reports alleging that inmates are being starved and dying of hunger in custodial centres across the country. Reacting to the claims on Tuesday, the Service’s Public Relations Officer, Abubakar...

April 06, (THEWILL) – The Bayelsa State Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has dismissed as false and misleading reports that 15 domestic staff of former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, are being held at the Medium Security...