PRISON MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, A CASE STUDY IN KAZAURE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, JIGAWA STATE
Abstract
A prison also known as goal is a place in which people are physically confined and
usually deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Imprisonment or incarceration is a
legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime. Other
terms used are penitentiary. Correctional facility, remand centre, detention centre, and
goal or jail. As well as convicted or suspected criminals, prisons may be used for
internment of those not charged with a crime. Prisons may also be used as a tool of
political repression to detain political prisoners, prisoners of conscience, and “enemies
of the state”, particularly by authoritarian regimes. In times of war or conflict,
prisoners of war may also be detained in prisons. A prison system is the organizational
arrangement of the provision and operation of prisons. Integrated Prison Management
System (IPMS) is used to enhance the administrative capabilities of the jails in terms of
monitoring and security of the prison while improving the efficiency and productivity of
the Prisons by government.
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