Legal Practitioners Call for Urgent Reform of Juvenile Justice System

Some legal practitioners in Ibadan have called for the establishment, reinforcement, and effective management of juvenile correctional homes across the country to ensure that minors are separated from hardened criminals.

Speaking in an interview with Dominion News, the lawyers expressed concern over the practice of keeping minors in adult correctional facilities, describing it as improper and harmful to the moral and psychological development of young offenders.

The practitioners, however, urged the government to prioritize the creation of more juvenile correctional centers and to ensure that existing facilities are properly managed to provide rehabilitation and reformation for young offenders.