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Judiciary asked to appoint district
Attorney's.
Bolgatanga, March 4, GNA- Mr. William K. Aseidu, Director
General of the Ghana Prisons Service at the weekend appealed
to the Judiciary Services to decentralise its services and
appoint District Attorney's to speed up the prosecution of
cases.
He said cases of prisoners on remand needs to be judged in
good time since they could not be detained in prison for a
long time.
Mr. Aseidu made the appeal when he inaugurated a nine member
Upper East Regional Prisons Committee in Bolgatanga.
He noted that most of the Prisons needs to be rehabilitated
to give them a human face, saying, "Prisons could be built
to look like homes to accommodate inmates during their time
of reform and rehabilitation".
He said prisoners must not only be punished, but they should
be given a chance to reform their lives and learn useful
trades.
Mr. Samuel Ashitey, Chairman of the Prisons Council, in a
speech read on his behalf by Mrs. Mary Amadu, member of the
Council, expressed concern about the poor facilities and
inadequate resources at the prisons, saying such a situation
could not sufficiently cater for the growing numbers of
prisoners.
He explained that the Prisons Committees, which is made up
of people of varied backgrounds and expertise were being
formed in the regions to help improve Prisons services in
the country.
"They are expected to visit the prisons, identify their
problems and find ways to resolve them or make
recommendations to the appropriate quarters for resolution".
He said the committees were also expected to raise funds to
help support educational and vocational training of
prisoners and their other needs.
Mr. Ashitey said prisoners all over the country would be
given agricultural, electronic and other technical training
that would equip them with employable skills to make them
self sufficient when they are released.
Mr. Boniface Gambila, Upper East Regional Minister, who is
also the Chairman of the Committee, said the committee would
do its best to meet their responsibilities.
He urged the Prisons Council to examine the supply of
foodstuffs to the region's two prisons, which currently
comes from Accra.
He suggested that the food could be supplied from the
region, to ensure its regular supply, which would also
create a market for the farmers in the region.
GNA
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