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Headfort Foundation<\/a>, an NGO, has sensitised the inmates of Oregun Boys Special Correctional Centre to their fundamental human rights, privileges and freedom before the law.<\/p>\n

Mrs Oluyemi Orija, Executive Director of the Foundation, stated this while speaking with journalists on Thursday in Lagos.<\/p>\n

Orija spoke on the sidelines of the sensitisation workshop.<\/p>\n

The executive director said the exercise was a continuation of the project \u201cMy Rights, My Freedom,\u201d launched in March to sensitise Nigerians to their fundamental human rights in their language.<\/p>\n

Orija said that the foundation was established to democratise access to justice for all, especially the vulnerables and the most abandoned in the society.<\/p>\n

According to her, the foundation identified the importance of language in making sure no one is left behind in accessing justice and education on fundamental human rights.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have translated chapters of the Nigerian Constitution on fundamental human rights in the Nigerian languages.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would go to communities, schools everywhere to teach people, based on the language that they understand.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been coming to Oregun Boys Special Correctional Centre to take cases for free for the inmates in the courts.<\/p>

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She said that the foundation realised that most of them really didn\u2019t understand what was going on in courts because they were children in ages 7, 10 to 17 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is why we saw the need for us to come here and educate them so they can also ask questions based on the cases they are facing,\u201d Orija said.<\/p>\n

She said that the foundation had also partnered with some other organisations to offer psychosocial services to the inmates.<\/p>\n

She said that in particular, the foundation had collaborated with a group of medical personnel to counsel the inmates on mental health issues.<\/p>\n

The executive director said the foundation\u2019s ex-inmate support initiative had helped them to integrate back to the society after their release from the correctional centre.<\/p>\n

She noted that the foundation had also helped 332 inmates out of the correctional centres so far.<\/p>\n

Orija stated that funding had remained a consistent challenge in executing most of the programmes outlined by the foundation.<\/p>\n

She, however, expressed gratitude to individuals and corporate organisations who believed in the vision and mission of the foundation and had been a great pillar of support to the NGO.<\/p>\n

Partners in the project included Public Interest Law Partnership and Raised for Excellence Foundation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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