National Security Imperatives: Focus on the Role of Nigerian Prisons Service and Management of Violent Extremist Offenders
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management of extremism, violence, correctional centers, security, nigeria
Abstract
This paper examines Nigeria s national security imperatives with a focus on the role of the country s correctional service in the management of Violent Extremist Offenders VEOs It draws its data from primary and secondary sources Doing this it adopts the interpretative framework of analysis Management of violent extremism in Nigeria is shown to be based on the eclectic approach involving religious leaders the National Orientation Agency and the Nigerian Correctional Service NCS under the supervision of the Office of the National Security Adviser ONSA The study reveals that the de-radicalization programme being handled by the correctional service lacks post-release component identified in the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Offenders as a significant element of inmates reintegration Detention and treatment of violent extremist offenders by the Nigerian army also inhibit effective rehabilitation of this category of offenders because such activity is not core to the mandate of the army The paper concludes that the quest to ensure Nigeria s national security through de-radicalization programmes in the correctional centers may remain a mirage unless the post-release service is extended to the VEOs Equally mitigation of challenges inhibiting the rehabilitative function of the NCS such as corruption prison congestion and inhuman treatment of inmates are considered by this paper as a preconditions for the achievement of the deradicalization objective of the correctional service Adherence to relevant instruments for the treatment of VEOs
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