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Volunteer Lawyers Give New Direction to Nigerian Legal Aid Initiative
February 13, 2019 |In the town of Ikorodu, local lawyers are delivering free legal aid to detainees within 48 hours of arrest and joining an effort to steer people charged with nonviolent crimes away from unnecessary detention.
Nigeria’s Legal Aid Lawyers Win Police Recognition
September 28, 2017 |A legal aid scheme that targets Nigeria’s excessive use of pretrial detention is primed to expand across the country.
In the EU, One in Five People in Prison Haven’t Yet Been Found Guilty of Any Crime
September 23, 2016 |Why are courts using pretrial detention as a first resort rather than a last one?