The acting Comptroller-General, Nigeria Correctional Service, John Mrabure has revealed that no fewer than 15 prisoners serving different terms of imprisonment are set to be conferred with Bachelors’ degrees in different disciplines, while another inmate has defended his Ph.D. thesis.

Mrabure who was represented by the Comptroller of NCS in the Federal Capital Territory, Abdul-Rahman Maiyaki, made the disclosure during the fifth anniversary of The Voice Nigeria Project. He faulted the widespread opinion that prisoners become more hardened criminals after serving their sentences.

Also speaking during the event organized in partnership with OXFAM, the Project Coordinator and representative of the Country Director, Olumide Ojo, said the organization’s mission was to promote an inclusive society where everyone had equal and fair access to every available opportunity.