Taraba Chief Judge reviews 35 inmate cases in Wukari jail delivery exercise

The Chief Judge of Taraba State, Justice Joel Agya, connected Tuesday reviewed 35 cases involving inmates awaiting proceedings astatine the Medium Security Custodial Centre successful Wukari arsenic portion of efforts to decongest correctional facilities and guarantee speedy justice.

The exercise, helium said, formed portion of the ongoing jailhouse transportation programme of the Taraba State Judiciary aimed astatine addressing the increasing fig of inmates awaiting proceedings crossed custodial centres successful the state.

Out of the 35 cases reviewed during the exercise, 13 were pending earlier the High Court, portion the remaining 22 were cases earlier little courts.

Speaking during the exercise, Justice Agya said the medication of justness does not extremity successful the courtroom but extends to safeguarding the rights of individuals wrong the transgression justness system.

According to him, it is important to guarantee that nary idiosyncratic is deprived of liberty unjustly oregon held successful custody longer than permitted by law.

“Jail transportation exercises specified arsenic this service arsenic an important mechanics for reviewing the cases of inmates, peculiarly those awaiting trial, with the purpose of decongesting custodial facilities and ensuring that justness is some done and seen to beryllium done,” helium said.

He explained that...