Title of Project: Emergency Equipping of Prisons/Rehabilitation of Inmates in Rivers State
Location: Rivers State
Funding: The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC)
Year: 2018
Background
This intervention was to among other requirements carry out:
i. Provide sanitary materials, off the counter drugs, computer sets/accesories for the office, water storage tank and a 60KVA generator, set for pumping of water and illumination of the prison yard at night in Rivers State.
ii. CIEPD was also required to use the occasion of the programme to also:
a. Supply facility items (computer set/accessories, 5000 litre water storage tanks, 60KVA generator sets) to prisons.
b. Supply nutritional packs (milk, milo, sardine, rice, tin-tomatoes, etc.)
c. Supply of health packs (treated mosquito nets, anti-malaria drugs, deworming drugs, etc.)
d. Develop database on in-mates in Rivers State.
Introduction
Prisons, by their nature, are meant for corrcetion and re-orientation, but with over-crowded cells, poor feeding of inmates, poor environment, poor medical support and several other inhuman conditions, the image of Nigerian prisons has taken up the image of being de-humanizing centres. This situation has compel NDDC over the years to make concerted efforts to improve the conditions of prisons in the Niger Delta by intervening in the Equipping of Prisons/Rehabilitation of Inmates in Rivers State. This, the commission hopes will improve inmate's conditions and enhance their seamless integration back into the society, after serving out their terms.
To achieve the above objective, NDDC engaged CIEPD to assist and actualize teh dream by carrying out the provisions stated in the objectives.