Mistreatment of inmates was common, abuse frequent, and torture occasional. In May 1987 at Benin prison, armed police killed twenty-four inmates rioting over food supplies, and in 1988 a "secret" ten-year-old detention camp on Ita Oko Island, off Lagos, was exposed and closed. Nearly 300 prisoners died of "natural causes" in 1984, and 79 committed suicide, a dramatic increase from the average of 12 suicides per year between 1980 and 1983. Ikoyi alone recorded more than 300 deaths in 1988, and 42 deaths in the first three months of 1989. In June 1989, the Civil Liberties Organisation filed suit on behalf of 1,000 detainees held without trial at Ikoyi, charging the government with mistreatment and urging that the 113-year-old prison be closed.

You can reach inmates at some of the prisons listed above by writing to:
Nigeria Prison Service - c/o C.S.P - P.M.B. 7025, Umuahia, Abia State. Nigeria West-Africa

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Reported by Anja S: I just heard the happy News that my penpall Princewill E. Ataw is released on 22th of December from Nigeria Federal Prison - Benin-City Nigeria! We are very happy to have this good news after 16 years!

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NIGERIAN PRISONERS
Note: Many of the inmates listed below were transfered back to Nigeria from prisons in Thailand to serve the remainder of their sentences.
Name	Country	Sentence	Age	Building	Notes
Alhasan Kamara	Nigerian	-	34 year old	Reported to be in Umuahia Prison
Andrew Koroma	Nigerian	-	-	Reported to be in Umuahia Prison
Antony Emeka	-	-	-	Reported to be in Umuahia Prison
Augustos S. Mirinda	Nigerian	-	39 year old	Reported to be in Umuahia Prison
Bah Alfa	Nigerian	-	-	Reported to be in Umuahia Prison
Barton C Walton	Nigerian	-	-	Reported to be in Umuahia Prison
Clement Ghandi	Nigerian	-	-	Reported to be in Umuahia Prison
David Cisko	Nigerian	40 Years	29/08/1953	Reported to be in Umuahia Prison
David Gargah (Gasah)	Nigerian	-	-	Reported to be in Umuahia Prison
Edmund Shitile	Nigerian	-	-	Reported to be in Umuahia Prison
Francis Moyahap	Nigerian	-	-	Reported to be in Umuahia Prison
Henry Izu Efunwa	Nigerian	-	-	Reported to be in Umuahia Prison
Ibrahim Abdul	Nigerian	-	-	Reported to be in Umuahia Prison
Ibrahim Usman Ali	Nigerian	-	-	Reported to be in Umuahia Prison
Ken Amah Adamah O.	Nigerian	-	-	Reported to be in Umuahia Prison
Leonard Bonsu	Ghanaian	40 Years	05/10/1952	Reported to be in Umuahia Prison
Marcos ben Hughes	Nigerian	-	-	Partial Pardon (75%) Returned to Nigeria Still in Nigerian prison as of 02/2004
Mathew Baa	Nigerian	-	-	Currently in Umuahia Prison
Matoko Malusompa	Nigerian	-	-	Reported to be in Umuahia Prison
Maurice Fynn	Nigerian	-	-	Reported to be in Umuahia Prison
Maxwell Jones	Nigerian	-	-	Reported to be in Umuahia Prison
Maxwell Mlanou	Nigerian	13 Years	10/07/1975	Reported to be in Umuahia Prison
Princewill.E.Ataw	Nigerian	Life	Sept/26/65	Now in Umuahia Prison Nigeria
Rafiu Akimrinade	Nigerian	-	-
Samuel Okonkwa	Nigerian	-	-
Seth Boateng	Nigerian	Life	21/03/1949
Traore Oumar	Nigerian	40 Years	01/02/1957
Usman Ibrahim Ali	Nigerian	-	48 years old