An initiative of the Ghana Prisons Service Council aimed at bringing transformation to the Ghana’s Prisons system, educating the public about the current state of its prisons and sensitize the public about the importance of the Prisons Service to public safety. It is also about advocating to corporate entities that the Prisons Service is open to business via public Private Partnerships. All the ab
ove is needed to initiate transformation. It costs money to rehabilitate people so that when the re-enter society, they do not endanger public safety. The challenges facing the Prisons Service are varied. Many are interlinked and will require money to solve. Fortunately for the present Prisons Council, its predecessors and the Prisons Service Directorate have done a good job of identifying these challenges, and going a step further to come up with a 10-year Strategic Development Plan to resolve them. In a spirit of continuity, the present Prisons Service Council under the Chairmanship of Rev. Dr. Stephen Wengam has taken upon itself the task to help fund the implementation of the 10-year Strategic Development Plan. To do this, the Council launched Project Efiase on June 30, 2015 at the College of Physicians and Surgeons. Support Project Efiase by donating into the Prisons Reform Trust | ECOBANK Ridge Branch Accra | Acc no. 0010084415563401 or use MTN mobile money. If corporations and persons may not be able to give donations but can give work contracts to the Prisons Service, this is also welcome. The Service builds excellent structures. It has architects, surveyors, masons etc. Some structures built by the Prison Service include the Prisons Officers Mess, School blocks as well as the parade grounds at the Senior Corrections Center. It also builds furniture, sews uniforms and smocks, weaves Kente, makes sandals, shoes, handbags and moulds pottery to mention a few. Low risk inmates can be hired out for manual labour and cleaning exercises under the guard of officers. Visit the Prisons headquarters or our prisons establishments to see firsthand what the Service is capable of. Help us make Ghana a much safer society.
