According to Pastor Wengam about 80% of the service’s meager budgetary allocation goes into feeding, while \u201conly 20% is used for administrative expenses, buying uniforms, paying utilities, taking care of their [prisoners] medication.\u201d<\/p>\n
GH\u00a2 20 million needed annually<\/strong><\/p>\n He said, on going forward, the Prison service \u201cneeds about GH\u00a220 million every year for ten years to be able to turn our prisons into centres of excellence.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe have allowed the prisons to deteriorate for many years and that\u2019s why we need so much money. What can hasten the process is that if corporate Ghana – companies can decide to adopt some of the prisons and say we are adopting a particular prison, say Akuse prison, and commit resources every year to equip it with some tools, I think that wouldn’t need 10 years to complete the agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n GH\u00a2100 is a luxury for prison service<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cSometimes when I get to the headquarters and we need about GH\u00a2200 or even GH\u00a2100, to do something, its very difficult because it is not there. \u00a0Initially I used to think that we were exaggerating but when they brought the books to me and I saw it, I realized that we\u2019ve been surviving by miracle.\u201d<\/p>\n Pastor Wengam further said the\u00a0\u201cnotion that the prison must be a place of punishment belongs to the colonial days because if we don\u2019t reform them and they come out, they pose a threat to us.\u201d<\/p>\n In a related development, the Interior Minister, Mark Wayongo in October last year said government has secured a \u00a3500, 000 loan to help decongest prisons<\/strong><\/a><\/span> across the country.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Godwin A. Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n![\"prison-africa001\"](\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/prison-africa001.jpg\")
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