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NEARLY a quarter of the countrys prison population is awaiting trial, with revelations that some have been in remand for more than three years.Latest data from...

Psychologist Pardon Taodzera urged the judicial system to expedite trials, citing their detrimental mental health impact on prisoners.

The query at hand is whether international regulations hold more authority than the constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria particularly the thrust of this question, and whether they have the potential to weave their path into the country and subsequently be applicable within the Nigerian judicial system. It is very lucid that the tenet of section 12 of the constitution is manifestly and expressly unique being that it provides:

Only the United States continues to use solitary confinement in a widespread and systematic manner, despite the clear evidence that the practice is not only a human rights violation but serves no rehabilitative purpose.