30 Inmates Graduates In Vocational Studies At Agodi Prisons

No fewer than 30 inmates of  Agodi prison  in Ibadan have benefitted from the  vocational training programmes organised by  the Oyo State  Command of the Nigeria Prison Service.

The spokesman of the command, Mr Olanrewaju Anjorin, said this on Tuesday in Ibadan while speaking  with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

He said the inmates, who were trained in such vocations as computer engineering and repair of cell phones, graduated on Thursday.

Anjorin  said  the command often  provided  working tools to graduates of its vocational centre to enable them to be self-reliant on release from jail, adding that its Aftercare Unit usually monitors the ex-convicts.

He, however, solicited the support of the state and local governments  in the provision of  working tools, saying the command alone could not bear the burden.

Anjorin also  urged Nigerians to refrain from perceiving  prisons as centres  for punishment instead of  institutions for  rehabilitating, reforming and reintegrating inmates.

He further advised the judiciary to expedite action on those awaiting trial  in order to reduce  congestion in prisons. (NAN)