The Ghana Prisons Service is pushing for a 280 percent increase in the daily feeding fee for inmates to raise the current fee from GH₵1.80p to GH₵5.00 per inmate.
The Ashanti Regional Commander of Prisons Service, Samuel Owusu Amponsah, has said the issues of congestion in the facility, coupled with inadequate feeding funds is taking a toll on the health of the inmates in the country.
The Commander disclosed this when members of the Action Chapel donated 200 bags of rice to the Kumasi Central and Amanfrom Prions on New Year’s Day under the “Compassion in Action” Project initiated by founder, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan Williams.
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“Although the government is doing its best, the money is not enough so we are asking that government increases the feeding fee to 5.00. The quality of food is not good because the money is woefully inadequate,” he lamented.
Mr Owusu Amponsah, who doubles as Deputy Director of Prisons, acknowledged that but for the support from individuals and corporate Ghana, the situation would have been worse.
He expressed his gratitude to the group for their charitable act, adding “Your gifts will really help us.”
Head Pastor of Action Chapel International in Northern Ghana, Bishop James Nana Ofori Attah, in response revealed to add value to ex-convicts, the church has established a skills training and rehabilitation centre for prisoners near Prampram in the Greater Accra Region.
The Action Chapel through the “Compassion in Action” project has, for the past five years, supported and given hope to prisoners across Ghana.