Document #1240579
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
Information on the above-mentioned topic
could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.
However, please see the attachment for
information on the distribution of prisons and lock-ups by state in
Nigeria. also attached is a map showing the geographic locations of
Nigeria's prisons.
This Response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does
not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular
claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of
sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Attachment
Civil Liberties Organization (CLO). June
1991. Behind the Wall :A Report on Prison Conditions
in Nigeria and the Nigerian Prison System. Lagos: CLO, pp. 2,
240-242.
Sources Consulted
Amnesty International Report.
1993-96.
Country Reports on Human Rights
Practices for 1995. 1996.
DIRB Indexed Media Review
[Ottawa]. 1993-1996.
DIRB Nigeria Country File.
1993-1996.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service
(FBIS) Daily Reports. March 1996.
Human Rights Watch Report.
1993-1996.
Keesing's Record of World
Events [Cambridge]. 1993-1996.
New From Africa Watch. Various
reports.
On-line search of media articles.