The inability of the courts to process persons charged with criminal offences quickly has led to congestion of this population in our prisons. One of the main reasons for the inability of the courts to process offenders quickly is due to the limited transportation infrastructure of the NPS. Specifically, the total number of vehicles available for the NPS to transport offenders to courts nationwide is two hundred and sixty-eight 9268) (with a coverage area of seven hundred and seventy-four (774) local governments areas and five thousand and twenty two (5,022) courts across the thirty-six states of the Federation and the FCT) For example: Kuje Prison services ninety-five courts within and around the FCT, the total number of Black Maria (small vans) available are three. Summary of Nigerian Prisons statistics as at March 2016 Total number of prisons in Nigeria as at March, 2016 Type of institution Number Main prisons 138 Satellites prisons 85 Farms centres 14 Borstal 3 Total 240 Total number of inmates by Legal Status and Sex as at March, 2016 Convicted 17,456 207 17,663 Unconvicted 43,111 753 43,864 Total 60,567 960 61,527 The Nigerian Prison Service is meanwhile collaborating with the Judiciary, Federal and State Ministries of Justice and the Non-Governmental Organizations/Nigerian Bar Association in order to find out ways of pushing through needed reforms in the Criminal Justice Sector that will help to entrench fair and faster trials of suspects in custody. This has resulted in the resubmission of the Nigeria Prisons and Correctional Service Bill, 2016 for enactment into law by the national Legislature. This new reach out to stakeholders is yielding results because new and innovative ways of speeding up the trial of cases are being adopted in several States with very remarkable results. Meanwhile the transformation of the Nigerian Prisons is continuing with the enthronement of Corrections in the system very much in sight. 54