The Lagos State Administration of Criminal Justice Law, ACJL, 2015, is currently experiencing some challenges in its implementation. While the State Judiciary appears to be making significant impact on the justice system with the ACJL especially in the area of prison decongestion, the state executive and legislative arm seem to be doing the opposite. Using innovative ideas and policies, such as non-custodian sentencing, probation and restorative justice system, the state judiciary has ensured that inmate population in prisons and other remand homes in the state is drastically reduced. This is also complemented by regular amnesty gestures extended to deserving inmates by the state chief judge. These efforts ordinarily ought to have translated to significant decongestion of the prisons but that is presently not the case as the prison population continues to rise at an alarming rate.
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