The Plight of Pre-trial Detianees and the Question of Access to Justice in Nigeria; the Role of Law Clinics

The book is a product of the author’s undergraduate research. It examines the overuse of pretrial detention and access to justice in Nigeria. It also looks at the various roles of law clinics and how these can be used to bring the sufferings and the impediments to Access to Justice of pretrial detainees to the barest minimum. The empirical or non-doctrinal approach of research was used and the two prisons in Ebonyi State Nigeria. (Abakaliki and Afikpo respectively) were used as case studies. While the Ebonyi State University Law Clinic Abakaliki was used as a sample for Law Clinics.