{"id":718872,"date":"2019-10-08T14:09:53","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T14:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/10\/08\/zoomlion-engages-prisoners\/"},"modified":"2019-10-08T14:09:53","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T14:09:53","slug":"zoomlion-engages-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/08\/zoomlion-engages-prisoners\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoomlion Engages Prisoners –"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dr Joseph Siaw Agyepong<\/strong><\/p>\n

Waste management giant \u2014 Zoomlion Ghana Limited \u2014 has
\nentered into a new partnership with the Ghana Prisons Service.<\/p>\n

The partnership allows the
\ncompany to engage the services of prisoners to clean up Accra including weeding
\nand sweeping of main roads.<\/p>\n

Some of the inmates from
\nvarious prisons have been seen on major highways like Ring Road, La-Teshie
\nBeach Road and Nima Highway, with prison wardens supervising them.<\/p>\n

The Executive Chairman of
\nJospong Group of Companies, Joseph Siaw-Agyapong, made this known to senior
\njournalists on Saturday in Accra.<\/p>\n

The journalists had embarked on
\na familiarization tour to some waste management facilities belonging to the
\nJospong Group of which Zoomlion is a subsidiary.<\/p>\n

According to him, the prisoners
\nbeing engaged are mainly those who have about a month to serve their terms,
\nexplaining that it is a way of reintegrating them into the society.<\/p>\n

He stated that they are
\nequipped to clean areas under Zoomlion and are paid by the company.<\/p>\n

He revealed that when such
\nprisoners leave prison, they are provided with tricycles to do waste collection
\nin order to earn a living instead of sending them home without a job.<\/p>\n

Dr. Agyapong stated that it was
\nabout integrating inmates into the society after they had left prisons to
\nprevent them from committing crimes that would send them back to incarceration.<\/p>\n

Lately, the Prisons Service has
\nbeen exploring innovative ways to use prison labour to the benefit of the
\ncountry by initiating income-generating ventures with private partners.<\/p>\n

That has been the establishment of the tissue factory at Nsawam and water producing company at James Camp Prison at Roman Ridge, with private entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n

BY Melvin Tarlue<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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