Prisons Service Council visits Akuse Male and Female Prisons

The 9th Prisons Service Council has paid an official visit to Akuse Male and Female Prisons as part of its ongoing nationwide tour of prison establishments.

The visit aimed to assess operational conditions, rehabilitation programmes, infrastructure, and welfare needs within the prisons.

During the tour, Council members received briefings on the operations of both facilities, inspected vocational training centres and ongoing development projects, and held separate interaction sessions with officers and inmates.

Key concerns raised included accommodation challenges, inadequate rehabilitation facilities, healthcare needs, delays in court processes, power outages and infrastructural deficiencies.

The Council commended officers for their professionalism and assured stakeholders that the issues raised would be carefully considered as part of efforts to improve prison administration and inmate welfare.