\n
THE CONGESTION problems at the male section of the<\/p>\n
Kumasi Central Prisons has deepened over the last couple of\u00a0years,
\nit has been disclosed.<\/p>\n
The penitentiary
\nhas the capacity to accommodate maximum of 700 inmates but sadly the number of
\nprisoners in the facility now is close to 2,000.<\/p>\n
This unpleasant
\nfigure therefore means that an excess of about 1,300 inmates are currently
\nserving their sentences in the old-looking penitentiary, located at Adum.<\/p>\n
The congestion
\nwoes in the prison is said to be having adverse effects on the health of the
\ninmates, who usually are inflicted with skin diseases and other problems.<\/p>\n
Robert T. Tetteh,
\nSenior Chief Officer of the Kumasi Prisons said the number of inmates would
\nhave hit 3,000 by now but for a transfer exercise they carried out recently.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn the average,
\nwe receive 30 inmates on a daily basis and the number of inmates was getting to
\n3,000, which was too much, so we decided to transfer some of them.\u201d<\/p>\n
The prisons
\nofficer said transferring some prisoners to other prisons, helped to decongest
\nthe Kumasi prisons, but he stated that more was needed to be done at the
\nprison.<\/p>\n
According to him,
\nthe excess numbers in the Kumasi Prisons was impacting negatively in the
\nmanagement of the place so he called for more decongestion exercise. <\/p>\n
Mr. Tetteh
\nmentioned attempts to smuggle narcotic drugs to inmates by some people, as one
\nof the challenges facing the prisons, saying \u201cwe always arrest such people\u201d.<\/p>\n
According to him,
\nit is the firm policy of the prisons that all food items that are sent to
\ninmates are thoroughly searched so that any illegal item could be detected.<\/p>\n
The journalists were in the prisons as part of a seminar organised for them by African Heights Foundation. The event was funded by Open Society for West Africa (OSIWA).<\/p>\n
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