Inmates in the Correctional Center in Jos, Plateau State capital, on Friday staged a protest over plan to reduce their food.
The inmates began to protest immediately they got tipped off on downward review of food size, just as they defied orders from the custodial officials and also shunned breakfast.
They gathered oatn the center of the prison yard and shouting very as the custodial officials used tear gas to force them back to their rooms.
Comptroller of the Jos Correctional Center, Raphael Ibinuhi, csaid the inmates are protesting attributing it to the high cost of goods in the market.
“The contractor in charge of the foods said they are being forced by the price of food items to reduce the size of the plate of foods.
“So, it is the food size that provoked the protest. I don’t think the protest is necessary because the food challenge and the cost of items is a national issues that the federal government is already addressing. And I want to believe that since it is a national issue, whatever step taken by the federal government to address it will be felt everywhere in the country including the Correctional centers.”