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Kirikiri Maximum Security Prison

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Kirikiri Maximum Security Prison is a prison west of Apapa, Lagos State, Nigeria. It is named after the rural Kirikiri community in which it is situated. A part of the Nigerian Correctional Service, its official capacity is 1,056. It was first established in 1955. Paul Chiama of Leadership wrote tha

t "The mention of Kirikiri first reminds any Nigerian of" this prison. As of February 1, 1990 its official capacity was 956 but it actually had 1,645 prisoners. A 1995 report by the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada stated that it was "already infamous" for its overcrowding. In March 2018, the United Kingdom announced it would spend $939,000 to build a new 112-bed wing, in order to facilitate the transfer of Nigerian prisoners from the UK. Some death row inmates are held at Kirikiri. The prison was mentioned in a Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode: Rituals (Season 5 Episode 14) as the prison where a child slave trader named Martin Bosa was sent to after he was deported/extradited.

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