The Federal Government said it has started auditing the 256 prisons facilities across the country, lamenting that some of them are aged between 60 to 100 years. 

The Minister of Interior, OLUBUNMI TUNJI-OJO who disclosed this, said rehabilitation works have started in some of the facilities to make them more habitable and meet global standards. 

The Minister of Interior made the remarks shortly after he visited the JanguzaCorrectional facility in Kano and the KujeMedium Custodial Centre, Abuja where rehabilitation works have reached advance stage. 

He noted that the ongoing reforms of the Correctional Service were aimed at decongestion of prisons, improve welfare of inmates and personnel of the Correctional Service and ensuring that the Correctional facilities indeed live up to their names.

TUNJI-OJO added that the Nigeria Correctional Service has provided atmosphere for self-development in a way that inmates now pursue educational careers up to PhD levels, while a particular inmate who acquired Masters degree had written three books to his credit.