Angry Inmates Protest Food Ration At Jos Correctional Center, Gunshots Fired

Inmates at the Jos Correctional Centre in Plateau State protested on Friday over the plan to reduce their food ration.

They expressed dissatisfaction over the decision, a situation that made the prison authorities fire tear gas canisters and gunshots into the air to bring the situation under control.

Sources at the correctional centre revealed that the contractor in charge of food supply to the centre had complained to the authority about the high cost of food items, especially rice which is a stable menu of the inmates, and will have to be adjusted from four times to twice in a week; substituted by either grains or garri.

This decision did not go down well with the inmates as they expressed their grievances on Friday during a routine briefing by the official in charge.

Confirming the incident to journalists, the Controller of Corrections Plateau State Command, Raphael Ibinuhi, said that tear gas canisters and firing shots in the air were applied to disperse the unruly inmates when they refused to return to their cells.