Judges donate to Ghana Prison Service

The Association of Magistrates and Judges and the International Association of Women Judges, Ghana branch on Friday donated assorted items to the Ghana Prisons Service Council.

The items, which are to be given to inmates of the country’s prisons, include 28 cartons of Keysoap, 10 cartons of Sunlight soap, 37 cartons of Carbolic soap and a carton of Pepsodent.

Presenting the items, Sir Justice Denis Adjei, President of the Association of Magistrates and Judges, said the donation was part of their social responsibility cause of giving to inmates and others in need.

Sir Justice Adjei, who is a Court of Appeal Judge, said it behoves on judges to show care and support to inmates and this is besides their constitutional duties.

“In the bible Jesus declared that ‘when I was in prison, you did not care for me’. We are here showing our care to the inmates because we do not only discharge our constitutional duties,” he said.

Reverend Dr Stephen Y. Wengam, Chairman of the Council, said the donation was going to bring healing to the inmates.

He said it would also make the inmates appreciate the functions of judges who are not only interested in their incarceration.

He appealed to other state institutions, religious groups and benevolent organisations to support the Ghana Prison Service.