The Interior Minister, Mark Wayongo has disclosed that government has received a \u00a3500, 000 loan to decongest prisons across the country.<\/p>\n
Ghana has 43 prison facilities and according to reports, 28 are said to be overcrowded by as much as 358%.<\/p>\n
The situation, according to prison officials makes it difficult for them to effectively manage the institutions.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”qdodugo6CdZPUyufz0vHRfox0TYdlmJ8″]However, in May this year, the Ghana Prisons Service began a nationwide decongestion<\/strong><\/span><\/a> exercise at the various prisons beginning from the Central region.<\/p>\n In August, the Interior Minister proposed the establishment of non-custodian sentences<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, as part of measures to help decongest the country\u2019s prisons.<\/p>\n The sector Minister on Wednesday paid a working visit to the Ankaful Prisons in the Central Region and according to Citi News\u2019<\/strong> Kwamena Bamfo Adjei, it was revealed that majority of the inmates have been on remand for over five years leading to the congestion of the facility.<\/p>\n Woyongo promised the inmates that the 500,000 pound loan will be put to good use to facilitate the decongestion exercise.<\/p>\n Part of the money will also be used to construct new facilities for remand prisoners.<\/p>\n This will prevent remand prisoners from being kept in the same facilities as convicted prisoners.<\/p>\n The remand prisoners appealed to the Minister to speed up processes for their cases to be heard.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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