a number of factors including inadequate operational vehicles like the case in Lagos and Kaduna with over 200 and 194 courts respectively but where the NPS has only 20 and 10 vehicles to convey hundreds of inmates to courts for trials(passive) is caused bycongestion of prisons

A Nigerian Prisons Service spokesman ... no fewer than 1,639 inmates awaiting execution across the countrycontributedto prison congestion

Afrobarometer Police ignorancecausingcongestion in prisons

high pre - trial detention rates ( ranging from 9.9 % in Egypt to 90 % in Libya ) , often arbitrary and sometimes people being detained for years.[10 ] Tensions in prisons with COVID-19 cases(passive) caused bysevere prison congestion

Furthermore ,can preventcongestion in prisons

the slow judicial process for inmates ... a major challengehas been causingprison congestion

He also blamed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC ) for arresting suspects before commencing investigation into the matterthereby causingcongestion in prisons

the negligence of stakeholders in the criminal justice system(passive) is caused byprison congestion

mostly ... cases of awaiting trial(passive) was caused ... bythe prison congestion

Awaiting - Trial Inmates in Nigeria(passive) caused byprison congestion

various offencesleadingto prison congestion

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High legal feescontributingto prison congestion

justice ... casescausedprison congestion

However , Eleazar reiterated that not all violators were arrested and put behind bars for itwill causejail congestion

the challengesledto prison congestion

the ousted jurisdiction of the Magistrate Courts in some misdemeanor offenceshas ledto prison congestion

Incomplete Supreme Court JusticesContributingTo Prison Congestion

that could not afford the services of private legal practitionersto preventprisons congestion

health risksresultingfrom prison congestion

judgescontributeto prison congestion