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Petty criminals are filling Africa’s prisons, Tunji-Ojo said as Nigeria recorded a sharp drop in repeat crimes

Minister of Home Affairs, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has voiced his concern over the increasing population of inmates in correctional institutions across Africa, arguing that the majority of those behind bars are committing offenses that should not result in prison sentences. Speaking on Wednesday at the Regional Conference on Classification of Prisoners and the Use of Technology in Prisons in Africa, …