Restoring Justice, One Case at a Time
- 20% raised
- $10,000 (goal)
Justice shouldn’t depend on how much money you have. But for many inmates in Nigeria, that’s exactly the case.
Inmates held without trial. Some forgotten for years. Others convicted without legal defence. Most of them too poor to hire a lawyer. This is the daily reality inside our correctional centres.
At CAPIO, we step in where the system fails. Our Legal Aid programme gives indigent inmates a fighting chance through free legal representation, court appearances, and appeals. We defend the rights of those society often ignores.
Our lawyers visit correctional centres regularly. They listen. They investigate. They represent.
When needed, we also use Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) helping victims and offenders find resolution outside the courts. This saves time, decongests prisons, and restores relationships.
We also push for broader change. We engage lawmakers. We advocate for law reforms and the implementation of human rights protections already in place but rarely enforced.
But our resources are limited.
Every day, new cases come in people detained for petty offences, for being at the wrong place, or simply forgotten by a slow, underfunded system.
We need your support.
Your donation helps:
Cover court filing fees.
Fund legal visits to remote centres.
Train young lawyers in prison justice.
Push for policy change at national level.
Justice should be a right, not a privilege. Stand with us. Help us defend the forgotten.
CAPIO Legal Aid main goals
- Enhance access to justice
- Work to reduce delays in trials, detentions, and legal resolutions.
- Secure bail, discharge, or alternative sentencing for minor and non-violent offenders.
- Use mediation and reconciliation to resolve cases outside the court system.
- Advocate for enforcement of laws that protect prisoners’ legal and constitutional rights.
- Push for reforms in Nigeria’s criminal justice system through stakeholder engagement.
- Educate prison officials, inmates, and the public on legal rights and procedures.
Be part of a community restoring dignity to the poor, the forgotten, and the vulnerable.