PodcastThe Crisis Room

Nigeria’s Correctional Services and Criminal Justice Reform

The Crisis Room: Episode 18

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Poor management of inmates and the disturbing situation around awaiting trial inmates has led to an overcrowding crisis in Nigeria’s correctional centres. Recent attacks on correctional facilities and jailbreaks has placed Nigeria’s justice system under scrutiny.


Hosted by Mariam Mustapha and Murtala Abdullahi

Reported by Adejumo Kabir

Production Team: Abba Toko, Anthony Asemota, and Anita Eboigbe. 

The Executive Producer is Ahmad Salkida.

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Murtala Abdullahi

Abdullahi Murtala is a researcher and reporter. His expertise is in conflict reporting, climate and environmental justice, and charting the security trends in Nigeria and the Lake Chad region. He founded the Goro Initiative and contributes to dialogues, publications and think-tanks that report on climate change and human security. He tweets via @murtalaibin

Adejumo Kabir

Kabir works at HumAngle as the Editor of Southern Operations. He is interested in community development reporting, human rights, social justice, and press freedom. He was a finalist in the student category of the African Fact-checking Award in 2018, a 2019 recipient of the Diamond Awards for Media Excellence, and a 2020 recipient of the Thomson Foundation Young Journalist Award. He was also nominated in the journalism category of The Future Awards Africa in 2020. He has been selected for various fellowships, including the 2020 Civic Media Lab Criminal Justice Reporting Fellowship and 2022 International Centre for Journalists (ICFJ) 'In The Name of Religion' Fellowship.

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