From HASSAN JIRGI Maiduguri
Borno State governor, Babagana Zulum has announced plans to upgrade the vocational and skills acquisition centre at Maiduguri Maximum Security Correctional Centre to enhance rehabilitation and reduce the tendency for inmates to relapse into crime.
The governor, who disclosed this during a visit to the facility on Monday, said the essence of prison is to transform lives, not just to confine individuals.
According to him, the essence of keeping inmates at the correctional facility is largely to reform them, but this cannot be feasible without the necessary facilities.
He also examined cases of some inmates with the possibility of releasing those convicted of minor offences.
