NPS Prison Inmate
Controller
NPS Prison Inmate
Controller Warns Against Stigmatisation of
Ex-Inmates
The Controller of Corrections, FCT Command, Mustapha Illiyasu
Atta has decried the high level of stigmatisation on discharged
inmates by their loved ones.
Controller Atta made this outcry during the graduation and
certification of fifteen(15) inmates of the Dukpa Model Farm
Centre, Gwagwalada, Abuja. The graduating students excelled in
academics and industry during the three months pilot training on
computer appreciation, sewing and barbing conducted by Kingsqueen
Foundation, Nigeria for inmates of custodial centres within the FCT
command.
He added that stigmatising any inmate who has been certified by
the correctional service to be of good conduct and industry is
counter productive and could breed recidivism, also since the
society has vested on the service and her officers with the powers
to reform these inmates, hence the service should be given benefit
that it can deliver on its mandate.
CoC Atta further disclosed that these inmates undergo high level
reformation processes and they should be given equal opportunity
for social engagements by their loved ones and the society in
general in order for them not to go back to crime.
He added that the Controller General of Nigerian Correctional
Service, Ahmed Jaafaru has encouraged all Controllers of
Corrections to operate an open door policy and to relentlessly
engage all agencies in ensuring that one of the core mandates of
the service which is the reformation of the inmates is
achieved.
He thanked kingsqueen foundation, Nigeria for the initiative and
encouraged other non governmental organisations and multinationals
to extend their social responsibility to the inmates in order to
build a sane and safe society.
Meanwhile, he chairperson of Nigerian Correctional Officers’
wives Association, FCT command, Mrs Awele Mustapha Attah has urged
the Female inmates of Suleja main Custodial centre to shun all
forms of vices and use their time in the custodial centre to imbibe
Godly motherly habits.
Mrs Attah who represented the National President of the
association, Hajia Gwamma Ahmed Jaafaru, gave this advice during
the 2019 Christmas visit to the custodial centres within the
command and distributed drugs, food items and other female sanitary
items.
She encouraged the inmates to see their being in custody as a
period to commune with God and chart a new course devoid of social
vices.
The chairperson further urged them to use this opportunity to
learn vocations which are being taught in the custodial centre like
bead making, hairdressing, tying of Gele and sewing. She adds that
this will enhance their financial independence upon discharge.
Chukwuedo, Humphrey
Public Relations Officer
Nigerian Correctional Service
FCT Command
chugo4@yahoo.ca