The Minister for the Interior, Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka, has said the government should prioritise the decongestion of prisons by implementing non-custodial sentences as an option to reduce the prison population.
He stressed that although the government was committed to transforming the poor welfare Ghana Prisons Services (GPS) into one of the most attractive security services in the country, the increasing population of inmates is a major challenge.
Mr Muntaka made these remarks yesterday during a courtesy visit to the Director-General of Prisons, Mr Isaac Kofi Egyir, at the headquarters in Accra, aimed at familiarising the Minister with the operations of the service and gathering first-hand information about the challenges they face, paving the way for future solutions.
The Minister was accompanied by Mrs Doreen Annan, Chief Director of the Ministry; Mr Enok Amo Boadu, Director of Public Policy, Budget, Monitoring, and Evaluation; Madam Rebecca Asor Barden, Director of Human Resource Management; and Mr Ahmed Munir, Personal Assistant to the Minister.
