Information regarding a prison on Loki Island is currently unavailable to the IRBDC. However, the following information on Nigerian prisons may prove helpful.

The Civil Liberties Organization of Nigeria reports that Ikoyi prison, built with a capacity to house 800 inmates now houses about 2,400 inmates. [
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Civil Liberties Organization, Report on Human Rights in Nigeria 1989, Lagos: Civil Liberties Organization, 1989, p.4. Attached.] The report states that prison deaths, due to congestion and disease, are a daily occurrence. Seventy eight prisoners died within a nine month period in 1989. [ Ibid.] Amnesty International reported that eighty nine prisoners died in Ikoyi prison in Lagos between January and October 1988. [ Amnesty International Report 1989, New York: Amnesty International USA, 1989, pp.76-77.] The report stated that extremely harsh prison conditions constituted cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. [Ibid.] Inadequate food, ventilation, space and medical attention were some of the reasons cited for the inordinate numbers of prisoners dying and becoming injured. [ Ibid.] Concern at the high rate of deaths in Nigerian prisons led Amnesty International to claim that "it seems half of the accused die before or during trial". [ "Nigeria: Public Executions in Anambra State and Armed Robbery Suspects Die in Detention in Oyo State", London: Amnesty International Publications, 2 May 1990, p.1-2. Attached.]

It was reported that Ita Oko Island, a prison colony secretly established a decade ago, was accessible only by boat and helicopter. [ "Kenneth Noble, "In Nigeria, to Rot in Jail is a Hazard of the Innocent", The New York Times, 29 June 1989. Attached.] Because there were reportedly no telephones, no way to obtain medical care and no lawyers, inmates were completely at the mercy of their jailers. [ Ibid.] This detention camp situated in the Atlantic Ocean and measuring 10 square kilometres, is reportedly infested with huge snakes, crocodiles, mosquitoes and reptiles. [ "Teachers Detention Brings to Light Nigeria's Prison Island", Reuters, 29 September 1988. Attached.]

Attached please find excerpts from the following documents dealing with Dodona Barracks, a prison on Victoria Island:
"American Oilman Imprisoned in Nigeria Joins Family in San Antonio", The Associated Press, 24 December 1987.