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General news for Sunday, January 3, 2021
Source: GNA
2021-01-03
Ibrahim Oppong Kwarteng, Executive Director of Crime Check Foundation
Ibrahim Oppong Kwarteng, Executive Director of the Crime Check Foundation (CCF), has advised inmates at the Awutu Camp Prison to take their professional training seriously.
He said such skills would facilitate their reintegration into society.
Mr. Kwarteng gave the advice when the Foundation, with the support of the Rabotec Group, organized a party for the inmates of the Kasoa prison camp in the central region’s Awutu East municipality.
The prisoners, all male, enjoyed delicious Ghanaian food and drinks.
In addition to food and drinks, the Camp received $ 1,000.
Rabotec Group CEO, Mr. Ibrahim Ali, also donated 30,000 GHc to the Foundation to support the juvenile offenders project.
The camp offers training in bakery, agriculture and livestock, tailoring and ICT.
Mr. Kwarteng, who is also the Ambassador Extraordinary for Prisons, said the skills acquired would aid in the rehabilitation and reform of inmates.
He called on parliament leaders to pass the non-custodial sentence bill, adding that the bill had been in Parliament for a long period.
Mr. Kwarteng expressed the Foundation’s commitment to continue supporting ex-convicts to reintegrate into society.
Ali said the Company decided to support inmates as part of Corporate Social Responsibility.
He urged inmates to refrain from committing the various crimes that had landed them in prison and to focus on acquiring skills.
Ali said he was in talks with the camp authorities to see how he could best help address some of the challenges.
“Hold on to God and believe that He will help you,” he said.
The Officer in Charge of the camp, Mr. William Thomas Anaman, expressed his gratitude to the donors.
He said the Camp had corn, bean, and vegetable farms, where inmates were taught good agricultural practices.
“The children are trained in good agricultural practices so that when they are released from prisons, they are well equipped to support themselves through agriculture and to be useful to themselves and to society,” he added.
He said that the management of inmates should not be left to prison officials alone, saying: “While we manage the issue from the angle of the law, individuals, religious organizations and other businesses can also help take care of them. “he added.
He appealed to the public to come to the aid of the field with the development of infrastructure.
The manager said the camp had 120 inmates, but could hold up to 400 inmates when more infrastructure was provided.
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