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Nigeria's Prisons Set to Undergo Long-Awaited Reforms

Chika Oduah

   ENUGU, NIGERIA - AfterClintonKanuwas arrested and charged with murder
   in 1993, he spent 13 years in prison awaiting trial. He waited another
   14years on death row at a prison in southern Nigeria.
   He says that prison is horrible and that his entire youth was wasted in
   an awful situation.

   In April this year, Nigeria's Supreme Court acquittedKanu, saying there
   was not enough evidence to prove he committed murder. After 27 years in
   prison,Kanuwas released.

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