Nigeria Correctional Service: Ranks And Salary Structure 2023

The Nigeria Prison Service, now Nigeria Correctional Service, is an agency of the Federal Government of Nigeria to correct and rehabilitate criminals in line with its founding concept.

The agency is a Federal concern and has over the years grown to become big, very efficient and effective with a strong workforce.

The organization is headed by Comptroller General who is also the Chief Executive Officer of the agency. He handles the formulation and implementation of penal policies in the federation and has its headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria under the supervision of Ministry of Internal Affairs. The Agency has over 240 Correctional Centres spread across the country.

In this post, we shall bring you the ranks, its functions, Structure and current salary structures in the Nigerian Correctional Service 2023.

So, if you are curious about what the agency pays its workers and interested in enlisting in the Service but are in doubt, please carefully flip through the information provided here.

Ranks in Nigerian Correctional Service

The Nigerian Correctional service, like other sister agencies – Nigerian Immigration Service, Customs and NSCDC have similar salary structures.

This is as a result of the combined paramilitary salary structure (CONPASS).

Below is the comprehensive list of ranks and salaries of the Nigerian Correctional Service 2022 from the lowest to the top rank with similar but different duties.

1. Prison Assistant (PAI) Level 3 – 5: They assist Inspectors of Prisons in carrying out their daily activities in operation with the institution such as security and ensuring inmates wellbeing. They receive between N296,506 to N374,259 yearly.
2. Inspector of Prison (IP) Level 6: The rank title implies that each SP is in control of the whole prison facility, oversees every operation within the institution, handles security, ensures the inmates’ well-being, and so on. They earn between N357,385 to N411,454 yearly.
3. Senior Inspector of Prison (SIP) Level 7: They are of higher rank than Inspector of Prisons in the service and earn between N483,014 to N567,065 in a year.
4. Assistant Superintendent of Prison (ASPII) Level 8: They also ensure the welfare of inmates within the institution. ASP earns between N858,956 to N986,991 yearly.
5. Assistant Superintendent of Prison (ASPI) Level 9: They constitute senior management positions in the service and earn between  N939,310 to N1,056,416 yearly.
6. Deputy Superintendent of Prison (DSP) Level 10: This of higher rank in the service with greater responsibilities. They earn from N1,012,562 to N1,143,539 yearly.
7. Superintendent of Prison (SP) Level 11: The SP is higher than the DSP with greater weight of responsibilities in the service. The earn between N1,094,027 to N1,252,038 yearly.
8. Chief Superintendent of Prison (CSP) Level 12: They take charge of the whole prison facility, oversees every operation within the institution, handles security, ensures the inmates’ well-being, and so on. They earn between N1,158,172 to N1,325,234 yearly.
9. Assistant Comptroller of Prison (ACP) Level 13: is senior to Chief Superintendent of Prison in rank and earnings. They receive between N1,225,584 to N1,405,449 in a year.
10. Deputy Comptroller of Prison (DCP) Level 14: are also in charge of the zones and they make the organization up of these zones. DCP in the Nigeria Correctional Service receive between N1,619,447 to N1,825,589 in a year.
11. Comptroller of Prison (CP) Level 15: They are senior ranks in the service and manage the various zones under their jurisdiction. They earn a yearly sum of between N1,759,921 to N1,966,281.
12. Assistant Comptroller General of Prison (ACGP) Level 16: is the next position in the Nigerian Prison Service. They are in charge of the ‘Zones’. They are on grade level 16 and earn between N2,272,288 to N2,464,560 yearly.
13. Deputy Comptroller General of Prison (DCGP) earn fabulously.
14. Comptroller General of Prison (CGP): is the highest-ranked officer in the Correctional Service and he earns about N3 million per year.

In summary, the Nigeria Correctional Service is a good place to work. It is indeed a big organization charged with the responsibility of controlling inmates who have committed one crime or the other, and managing such persons or people are not easy.

We should also note that anyone who enters the Nigeria Correctional Service with a certificate lower than a University degree or equivalent, such person is automatically placed on an inspectorate Cadre; just as anyone that joins the Service with a University degree or equivalent on-demand is placed on Officer’s Cadre, which is level 8 and above.

So, job seekers in the categories of graduates and non Nigerian graduates alike, who want to make a career in the Nigeria Correctional Service should see the information provided here very useful and educative.