The Nigerian prisons were first established as native authority outfits, these were at old Calabar, Onitsha, Benin, Sapele in addition to the one in Lagos. However, the Native Authority prison system has now assumed the status of an octopus federal organization with a unitary command system, radiating the same structure, implementing the same policies and aspiration all over the country (Adelola and Atere (2002). Prison is an institution where inmates are confined to serve sentences in excess...
