NCOS is detrimental to the hunger report at the Penitentiary Center

Nigerian Penitentiary (NCOS) services have rejected the hunger report in the country’s centers.

Service Officer Services (SPRO), Abubakar Umar, made clarification in chat with journalists on Tuesday in Abuja.

He reacted to the report that prisoners were dying because of starving in the facility.

However, Umar refused the report as “misleading, sensational, and very inaccurate.”

He stressed that claims do not reflect the actual situation in custodian facilities.

The spokesperson said: “The federal government allocates special funds for prisoners’ feeding, and the process is strictly monitored to ensure compliance with established standards.

“The accusation is that the inmates are dying because of hunger is not based. There is no record at one of our custodian centers that inmates are starving or dying due to inadequate feeding.

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“It is really wrong to insinuate that inmates are left starving or hunger causing death in our facilities.

“We want to convince the public that prisoners are fed properly and their welfare remains a top priority for Nigerian correctional services.

“I wonder how a journalist can claim to have interviewed prisoners in the custodian facility. This is a high security zone where you cannot just enter, let alone bring a recording device.

“Even cameras and cellphones are prohibited because of the hidden recording risk. So, for anyone to say they interview prisoners in the custodian center are none other than fabrication.”

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