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Prisoners to plug worker shortage in meat industry
Add a CommentAbattoirs, butchers and meat processors are set to employ prisoners and ex-inmates to help plug labour shortages. Meat industry leaders held talks with the government on Monday to discuss options of how businesses could link up with prisons to fill … Read more →
More than 1,800 prisoners escape in Nigeria
Add a CommentMore than 1,800 inmates have escaped from a prison in Nigeria after it was attacked by gunmen, officials say. The attackers reportedly entered the prison yard in the south-eastern town of Owerri by using explosives to blast the administrative block. … Read more →
PHOTOS: How prisoners at Nsawam prisons are voting
Add a CommentSome 2400 inmates are expected to vote at three polling stations at the Nsawam Medium Security Prisons in the Eastern region. Inmates at the special (condemned) block will be the first to cast their ballot followed by the others. Joy … Read more →
Gambia’s President frees ‘All prisoners held without trial’
Add a CommentAs The Gambia enters a new era of democracy, President Adama Barrow has reiterated his commitment to ending human rights abuses in the country and ordered the release of all prisoners detained without trial. “Orders have already been given for … Read more →
Kumasi: Prisoners escape
Add a CommentTwo prisoners, serving various sentences at the Amanfrom Camp Prisons, near Kumasi, in the Ashanti region, reportedly escaped on Friday. The two prisoners, names immediately not available, allegedly escaped whilst they were working with their colleagues on the farm in … Read more →
Statement: Kwaw Kese thanks gov’t on behalf of prisoners
Add a CommentBorn Emmanuel Botchway, Kwaw Kese, says the move to free the prisoners is in the right direction. A statement by Kwaw Kese posted on facebook said “It is certainly in the right direction since a lot of them have been waiting for years to go to … Read more →
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