ALLEGED VIOLATION OF WOMEN CONVICTS RIGHT IN THE NIGERIAN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND QUESTION OF WOMEN RIGHTS IN NIGERIA

Women’s biological make-up requires additional attention when it comes to Correctional Facility Services, the efforts been made by the Nigerian Correctional Facility Services in case of female correctional inmates as far as their right is concerned is questionable. Every study on correctional facility conditions in Nigeria has emphasized that Nigerian correctional facilities were built with only men on the minds of the authorities while women were not expected to go to correctional facilities. Presently, though, women are known to commit crimes for which they go to correctional facilities like men but the situations have not changed the narratives. This paper discusses on alleged violation of women convict right in the Nigerian correctional facilities, a question of women right in Nigeria. Concepts of correctional facilities in developed and developing countries as well women right and violation of women right in correctional facilities were discussed. Finally, recommendations were made such as women as all mothers in the society needs proper care, and her children, Special diets should be provided for them because the babies at birth are usually made to live on the breast milk of their mothers. All forms of discrimination against women should be eliminating from Nigerian correctional facilities.