Articles & News
March 25,
2008
Prisoners no longer sleep in shifts at
Nsawam
Inmates at the Nsawam Medium Security Prison do not sleep in
shifts any longer.
Recent media reports revealed that inmates of the prison were
compelled to sleep in turns due to overcrowding.
The Nsawam Prison which was originally constructed to house 800
inmates currently holds over 2700 inmates, including convicts and
suspects on remand. The huge number therefore, puts pressure on
the system.
Speaking to Joy News, the Director in charge of operations of the
Ghana Prisons Service, Mr. Ben Quaye said the recent innovative
system in the criminal justice system, ‘Justice for All’ programme
in which prisoners on remand have their cases reviewed is helping
to decongest the prisons.
He said the programme is the most productive for the Ghana Prisons
in recent times.
He said on a daily basis about ten prisoners are released from
custody through the programme. But he also added that for every
ten inmates that are released, the police bring in some twenty
more.
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