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Nartey's ASP appealed in an interview to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) on the challenges of command in Sunyani, saying the nation would benefit greatly from custodial sentences as convicts would be punished for working in the community. to serve as a deterrent to others.
Nartey's ASP said that the lack of such a law made those guilty of minor offenses likely to be sentenced by the courts to prison cells resulting in overcrowding.
He expressed concern that overcrowding was a major challenge for Sunyani Central Prison, as the current prison population was 847 people instead of 450 inmates.
Nartey said that out of the total number of detainees, 209 were remand prisoners, while 638 were also sentenced, excluding 10 women and one woman on remand.
He said the situation was dangerous and serious, because the occurrence of a communicable disease such as chicken pox and tuberculosis would endanger the lives of inmates and agents.
Nartey therefore emphasized the need to expand existing structures to cope with the growing number of convicts imprisoned each day.
He has appealed to the general public, non-governmental and charitable organizations, businesses and philanthropists to help the Command provide disinfectants for the benefit of inmates.
The poor food situation of the detainees was another source of concern, as the detainees of the last seven years were still fed 1.80 HCG pesewas, he lamented.
Nartey told the government that the amount spent on food should be adjusted upwards because "the prison is a place of rehabilitation but no hungry person can be reformed," he added.
He announced that Sunyani Central Prison had a garden where inmates cultivated vegetables, raised rabbits and grew mushrooms to supplement their meals.
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