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The rising population of prisoners and the movement towards compassionate care for prisoners with mental health needs highlight the need to assess correctional mental health services in the Nigerian criminal justice system. This chapter seeks to foster prisoners’ rights, and the development of feasible correctional mental health legislations. Therefore, the chapter discusses the mental health of prisoners within the Nigerian criminal justice system and provides an overview of policies, studies, and facilitators and barriers to addressing prisoner mental health in Nigeria. The chapter concludes with a discussion of practical implications.
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Eseadi, C. (2021). Mental Health of Prison Inmates in the Nigerian Criminal Justice System. In: Chan, H.C.(., Adjorlolo, S. (eds) Crime, Mental Health and the Criminal Justice System in Africa. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71024-8_10
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