The Social Sciences

Year: 2015
Volume: 10
Issue: 1
Page No. 51 - 57

The Plight of Female Prisoners in Nigeria and the Dilemma of Health Rights Violations

Authors : Okwendi Joseph Solomon and Richard Nwankwoala

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