Relatives and friends of inmates at the Port Harcourt Maximum Prison have lamented the level of extortion in the facility by prison wardens and officials.
Some of the sources, who spoke to our correspondent on the issue, explained that to visit an inmate one must be ready to part with between N800 and N1,000.
One of the visitors to the facility, who simply identified himself as Benji, described his experience at the Port Harcourt Prisons as “terrible and shocking.”
Benji explained that there were about 10 points, where a visitor must give prison wardens money before he (visitor) could be allowed to see an inmate. Read more