THE Member of Parliament (MP) for Ho-Central, Captain George Nfojoh (retd), has organised a buffet dinner for 600 inmates of the Ho Central Prisons.
He also presented an industrial sewing machine and a colour television set for use by the inmates.
Capt. Nfodjo further promised to donate 100 bags of cement to support a housing project under construction at the prisons in addition to band instruments.
Making the presentation last weekend, the MP said he appreciated the fact that the prison was built for a lower number of inmates but now congested, adding that it was pertinent to keep the prisons under good environment as anybody could find himself there at any time.
He said it was the first time that female inmates had interacted with their male counterparts whom they did not hitherto know that were there.
The acting Director-General of the Ghana Prisons Service (GPS), Mr Kofi Bansah, said diagnostic centres were to be set up in all prisons in the country with the view of helping the inmates to know their ailments at any time to help them receive the necessary treatment.
He said some industrial equipment had arrived at the Tema Port to enhance vocational training for inmates.
Mr Bansah, therefore, advised the inmates to take vocational training seriously to enable them to reintegrate easily into society after serving their sentences.
He urged them to take advantage of the proposed distance education programme which had already started at the Nsawam and Kumasi prisons in order to build their resourcefulness to ensure that their life was not wasted.
Mr Bansah urged the public to visit the prisons, stressing that they should not shirk their social responsibility towards prisoners.
He commended Capt. Nfojoh for his gesture.
The Volta Regional Commander of Prisons, Mr Alhassan Legibo, was also grateful to Capt. Nfojoh and urged them to emulate him.
The MP for Ho West, Mr Emmanuel Bedzrah, told the inmates that their time in prison was a period of reformation.
He impressed upon them to exhibit the spirit of reformation outside after they had been released so that society would be able to accept them back.
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