- Author(s): Williams, Babajide Agboola PhD
- Volume 10, June 2021
This paper examined what could be responsible for incessant jailbreaks in Nigeria’s correctional centres previously known as prisons, and advocates the necessity of reforms to prevent future occurrence. It began with a concept clarification, aims and objectives of identifying the causes of jailbreak in Nigeria and finds probable preventive solutions and discusses the implications and
challenges facing Nigeria correctional service. It also discussed the documented jailbreaks in Nigeria, the inherent causes of such jailbreaks, and the implications of jailbreaks to the people and the society. The paper further discussed the challenges often encountered by the correctional centres in the discharge of their
assigned responsibilities and thereafter advocated the need for comprehensive reforms of the centres in order to overcome these challenges. The suggested reforms include quick dispensation of justice by the judiciary to reduce overcrowding in our correctional centres and the acquisition of functional literacy and vocational skills while in incarceration, as this will give them hope of proper
rehabilitation, reformation and re-integration into the society. This is an empirical paper, with the use of secondary data gathered from journals and news print. The paper concluded that if the reforms are religiously implemented, the phenomenon of jailbreaks in Nigeria will be drastically reduced.