Former Kaduna Central Senator Shehu Sani said prisons should not be seen primarily as places of punishment, but as correctional centres that give inmates opportunities to reform, build character, and prepare for reintegration into society.
Represented by Malam Nasiru Abbas at the 1st Nigerian
Correctional Service (NCoS) Security, Welfare Agenda (SWAC) Conference
Graduation Ceremony in Kaduna, he said imprisonment should provide people with
an opportunity to reflect on their lives and correct their mistakes.
He said his personal experience of incarceration had given
him a deeper understanding of prison life, noting that he had been held at
Kaduna Prison and other correctional facilities.
According to him, his experience was one of the reasons he
attached importance to the occasion and would have attended personally but for
an engagement that came up unexpectedly.
Sani said many people had never visited a prison or even
seen a police cell, making it difficult for them to understand the purpose of
correctional institutions.
“A correctional centre is also a place where people are
given the opportunity to reflect on their lives and correct their mistakes,” he
said.
“Being in prison does not automatically mean that someone is
dangerous or evil in society. It can also be a place where people are given an
opportunity to learn, reform and prepare themselves for a better life,” he
added.
The former senator said correctional centres should help
inmates develop the capacity to withstand challenges, endure difficult
circumstances and view life from a better perspective.
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