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Nigeria: stigmatisation forcing formerly incarcerated people back to prison, NCoS laments
The Nigerian Correctional Service on Monday lamented that stigmatisation and societal rejection are forcing some formerly incarcerated people to return to its facilities. “The society is not ready to accept them. So they find it convenient to return to these prisons.”
Source: Punch (10/09/2024)