The internet has been flooded with a viral video that captured the deplorable conditions of inmates in the Jos Custodial Centre in Plateau State.
The video, detailing the type of meals served to inmates in the prison and their lack of nutritional value at first glance, has garnered widespread attention, with netizens reacting negatively to the lifestyle prisoners are subjected to.
Reliable sources within the Jos Custodial Centre have disclosed that the prison services are affected by a lack of food and potable water supplies, denial of medical care, and the inhumane treatment meted out to inmates by officials of the correctional facility.
The viral video and reports filed have corroborated the fact that, without a doubt, the Nigerian prison system is marred by overcrowding, underfunding, and administrative impunity.
According to sources, inmates have to repeatedly feed on meals with no commendable nutritional value, like watery soups, watery beans, all managed to enable it go round for the inmates for several months.
โPeople are dying in Jos Custodial Centre. There is no food, no water, no rights, and no privileges. Since last year, no meat, no fish. Just watery beans and other terrible food.โ
Emerging reports also detailed that there might be some sort of tribalism and bigotry going on within the facility. A source revealed that a single prison official whose nickname is โAbudeโ has assumed control over the affairs of the inmates.
It was alleged that Abude dictates terms and treatment within the facility, dishing out rules that favours folks of his choosing.
โIt’s like a family prison now. Whatever Abude says, that is what the Deputy Controller of Corrections (DCC) does.โ
Another reliable source gave in confidentiality surprising facts the management of the prison facility is now characterized by ethnicity noting that leadership and control is concentrated in the hands of individuals from a particular ethnic group native to Langtang, a locality in Plateau State.
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