The ABSU Law Clinic has commenced its prison visits for the 2010/2011 Academic Session.
The visits which took place on the 19th and 23rd of May 2011, saw a team of 143 student-clinicians drawn mostly from the 500 level LL.B class (and few from 400 level class)visiting the Aba, Umuahia and Okigwe Prisons for various reasons.The reasons were in line with the division of the prison services into four units, to wit:
i. Pre-Trial Detainees Unit
ii. Prisoners’ Street Law Unit
iii. Prisons’ Reform and Advocacy Unit
iv. Vulnerable Prisoners’ Unit
Thus, in addition to the regular interview of Pre-trial detainees,and particularly vulnerable prisoners, there were also Prisons street law and fact-findings missions for Prisons reform and advocacy.
A comprehensive report of the visits, including a breakdown of the units’ report will follow soonest.
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