Nigeria · Statistic
Correctional centre holding capacity
Justice & Security · Source: NCoS via NBS · annual
International comparability — CSA: Governance · ICCS (International Classification of Crime for Statistical Purposes)Official holding (design) capacity of Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) custodial centres - the number of inmates facilities are built to hold - by state, 2017-2025. Read against the inmate population to gauge congestion. Source: Statistics Unit, NCoS.
Observations
342
2017 – Q2 2025
Coverage
36 states + FCT
state+special-area
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| Period | Abia | Adamawa | Akwa Ibom | Anambra | Bauchi | Bayelsa | Benue | Borno | Cross River | Delta | Ebonyi | Edo | Ekiti | Enugu | Federal Capital Territory | Gombe | Imo | Jigawa | Kaduna | Kano | Katsina | Kebbi | Kogi | Kwara | Lagos | Nasarawa | Niger | Ogun | Ondo | Osun | Oyo | Plateau | Rivers | Sokoto | Taraba | Yobe | Zamfara | Nigeriatotal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,222 | 2,706 | 1,462 | 804 | 1,617 | 400 | 1,547 | 3,467 | 1,426 | 1,218 | 587 | 2,110 | 650 | 2,776 | 1,072 | 759 | 1,612 | 2,336 | 3,021 | 2,784 | 1,407 | 1,362 | 799 | 831 | 3,927 | 898 | 1,293 | 2,028 | 891 | 746 | 790 | 1,940 | 1,594 | 1,434 | 2,060 | 763 | 2,109 | 58,448 |
| 2022 | 1,222 | 2,745 | 1,462 | 804 | 1,617 | 400 | 1,547 | 3,439 | 1,426 | 1,218 | 587 | 2,110 | 650 | 2,776 | 1,072 | 759 | 1,612 | 2,336 | 3,021 | 2,784 | 1,407 | 1,362 | 799 | 831 | 3,927 | 898 | 1,293 | 2,028 | 891 | 746 | 790 | 1,940 | 1,644 | 1,434 | 2,060 | 763 | 2,109 | 58,509 |
| 2023 | 1,500 | 2,780 | 1,366 | 1,250 | 2,007 | 300 | 1,367 | 4,035 | 1,426 | 1,218 | 587 | 2,226 | 324 | 1,266 | 960 | 909 | 1,512 | 2,930 | 3,021 | 6,279 | 1,407 | 1,880 | 910 | 831 | 4,167 | 1,190 | 925 | 2,625 | 891 | 746 | 630 | 2,031 | 2,350 | 1,434 | 2,040 | 763 | 2,109 | 64,192 |
| 2024 | 1,500 | 3,580 | 1,366 | 1,250 | 2,007 | 300 | 1,367 | 4,035 | 1,426 | 1,218 | 587 | 2,226 | 324 | 1,266 | 960 | 949 | 1,512 | 2,930 | 3,021 | 6,279 | 1,407 | 1,880 | 910 | 831 | 4,167 | 1,190 | 928 | 2,625 | 891 | 746 | 630 | 2,031 | 2,350 | 1,434 | 2,040 | 763 | 2,109 | 65,035 |
| Q2 2025 | 1,500 | 3,580 | 1,366 | 1,250 | 2,007 | 300 | 1,367 | 4,035 | 1,426 | 1,218 | 587 | 2,226 | 324 | 1,266 | 960 | 949 | 1,512 | 2,930 | 3,021 | 6,279 | 1,407 | 1,880 | 910 | 831 | 4,167 | 1,190 | 928 | 2,625 | 891 | 746 | 630 | 2,031 | 2,350 | 1,434 | 2,040 | 763 | 2,109 | 65,035 |
Methodology and provenance
Where this data comes from and when Prism last updated it.
Source document
Last updated 13 August 2026
- Table Corr. Capacity by State
Correctional centres holding capacity · Statistics Unit, Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS)
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This series is catalogued from public source tables. Prism names the table originator and the publication publisher — shown as one line when they are the same organisation. How this data is extracted and checked is set out in the methodology, and the full list of what Prism draws on is on the sources page.
- Originator
- Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS)
- Publisher
- National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)
- Publication
- Nigerian Correctional Service Report
- Printed source caption
- Statistics Unit, Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS)
- Publication reference
- NGA-NBS-NCOS
- Catalog record
- Catalog 177
"Correctional centre holding capacity", NCoS via NBS, Nigerian Correctional Service Report, ref. NGA-NBS-NCOS. Catalogued by Prism, https://prism-portal-sooty.vercel.app/statistics/nbs-jsec-ncos-correctional-capacity-nga. Primary source: https://microdata.nigerianstat.gov.ng/index.php/catalog/177/download/1333/Nigerian_Correctional_Service_Report_2017_Q2_2025.zip.
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Source: NCoS via NBS. Source publication: Nigerian Correctional Service Report. Publisher: National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Catalogued by Prism; Q2 2025.