Correctional service improves surveillance to combat crime

Correctional service improves surveillance to combat crime

By Fly Cable News

The Nigerian Correctional Service has unveiled advanced security measures, including automated search systems and technology-driven surveillance, in a bid to clamp down on contraband smuggling and other criminal activities within correctional facilities.

In 2023, the NCoS confiscated and destroyed contraband items worth over N150 million from custodial centres across the country.

The prohibited items seized through routine cell inspections and proactive measures were incinerated at the service’s Headquarters in Abuja.

Among the items destroyed were cell phones, SIM cards, laptops, hard drugs, power banks, and other electronics deemed contraband for inmates, in line with Sections 51 and 52 of the Service Standing Orders.

Speaking on the new measures, spokesperson for NCoS, Umar Abubakar, stressed the service’s commitment to restoring order and integrity in correctional facilities.