Central Regional Prisons Command launches Medicine and Equipment Bank

The Central Regional Commander, DDP Joseph Asabre, said the initiative was necessary to improve access to quality healthcare for inmates and prison officers.

The Central Regional Command of the Ghana Prisons Service has launched a Medicine and Equipment Bank to mobilise medicines and medical supplies for prisons across the region.

The initiative is expected to help address shortages of essential medicines and medical supplies while improving the Service’s capacity to respond to the healthcare needs of inmates and officers.