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Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka has called for intensified efforts to secure the release of Nigerian atheist Mubarak Bala from jail. In April 2022, Bala was sentenced to 24 years in prison by a high court in Kano State, in Muslim-dominated Northern Nigeria after being convicted of blaspheming Islam. Nigerian atheist has been sentenced to 24 years in prison by a high court in the northern state of Kano after being convicted of blaspheming Islam.

The research is clear – it’s bad for prison violence, terrible for inmates and poses increased risks for society.

Adamu* got two years for stealing in Nigeria, Denny is serving five years in Indonesia, and Lauro José dos Santos served a 12-year sentence in Brazil, but ongoing reform efforts rooted in the “Mandela Rules” and a range of UN-supported programmes are helping them and prisoners around the world get a second chance upon their release.

Mandela’s legacy thrives as today's blueprint for prisoners’ rights

Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis has pushed back at a damming report - sparked by the 2021 Waikeria Prison Riots - released by the Chief Ombudsman Peter B