EVALUATION OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICE'S EQUAL TREATMENT POLICY'S MECHANISMS IN BORNO STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

The aim is to guarantee that prisoners are treated equitably within the criminal justice system. By investigating the elements that result in the same crime being treated equally for gender reasons, this study seeks to fill the gap left by the previous research. Prisoners are held there for crimes that are either proven or are just claims. The latter are those who have been held in custody pending trial, whereas the former have adhered to the rules of the legal system. Those already incarcerated are referred to as inmates in both scenarios. The detainees may be male or female, and though the social compact requires that they be treated differently, they are all accused of being imprisoned in the same prison under the same laws. The study therefore intend to explore the mechanism to ensure equal treatment of inmates in the correctional service of Borno State, Nigeria.