17 inmates freed from Koforidua prisons under the ‘Justice for All programme’
Some 17 inmates have been freed from the Koforidua prisons under the ‘Justice for All programme’. The 17 freed inmates mainly comprised of those on remand for a long period of time. The finally gained their freedom after the judges had their applications accepted. Briefing the media after the court sitting, Justice Clemence Honyenuga, said…
Some 17 inmates have been freed from the Koforidua prisons under the ‘Justice for All programme’.
The 17 freed inmates mainly comprised of those on remand for a long period of time. The finally gained their freedom after the judges had their applications accepted.
Briefing the media after the court sitting, Justice Clemence Honyenuga, said it was a record for the 17 inmates to be discharged.
He said out of the total 55 applications that were considered, 17 were discharged, two were convicted and imprisoned, 21 were granted bail, 10 application for bail were refused and five were stroke out.
He said some of the cases that were dealt with were murder cases, with a few cases of causing harm and narcotic drugs.
Justice Honyenuga commended government for taking over the funding of the Justice for All programme since the last financial year to this year.
The ‘Justice for All programme’ aims at decongesting prisons.
