2022 JAIL DELIVERY EXERCISE HELD ON 22 JULY 2022
On the 22nd of July 2022 the Chief Judge of Enugu State, the Honorable Justice A. R. Ozoemena visited the Enugu custodial center to grant relief to deserving inmates as empowered by law. This jail delivery exercise is the first since his appointment and was embarked upon in response to the call by the Carmelite Prisoners Interest Organization (CAPIO), and other stakeholders in the criminal justice sub-sector, for the Chief Judge to use the exercise to grant reliefs to deserving inmates who have not gone to court due to the insecurity in the State and the nation generally.
CAPIO team constituted the Executive Director – Rev. Fr. Jude Isiguzo (OCD), the Project Director Rev. Fr. Ambrose Ekeroku (OCD), and four (4) Lawyers, participated in the jail delivery exercise and provided free legal representation for
the inmates.
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The jail delivery exercise attended to 289 cases, out of which 36% (104 inmates) |
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were granted bail, while 11% (32 inmates) were discharged. In all, 47% of inmates who participated in the jail delivery were granted relief. Out of 289 cases attended to during the jail delivery exercise, the CAPIO team attended to 17% of the cases (50 inmates), out of which 32% (16 inmates) were granted bail while 20% (10) were discharged, and 4% (2 inmates) released to CAPIO. In all, CAPIO attended to 17% of the cases and recorded 72% success (28 inmates). Other cases |
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were adjourned to various dates in the regular courts and the office of the Director of Public Prosecution and were given between a month to 3 months to file |
information and commence the trial of some of the inmates whose trial has not commenced. CAPIO Legal Team is following those cases up and they are
progress.