Completed · 2023–2024

Assessment of Rehabilitation Programmes and Government Budgets for Female Inmates and Their Children in Lagos and Kuje Correctional Centres

Supported by MacArthur Foundation

LocationLagos and Kuje Correctional Centres, Nigeria

StatusCompleted

FocusSocial Inclusion and Social Protection

Duration2023–2024

Project Overview

Working in consortium with Prisoners’ Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA), CGE Africa assessed government financing and the adequacy of rehabilitation, educational, social, and economic opportunities available to incarcerated women and their children. The initiative generated evidence to strengthen policy decision-making, institutional accountability, and gender-responsive rehabilitation programming within Nigeria’s correctional system.

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