In a bid to further improve its relatively enviable human rights record, Ghana’s Interior Minister Mark Woyongo is advocating for the release of suspects who have been remanded in prison custody for over five years. Mr. Woyongo believes this will form part of a broader scheme to de-congest the country’s prisons.
Addressing prisoners and prison officials in the Upper East Region on Thursday, the minister decried the practice where some suspects are held in remand for extended periods of time, running into years. He said it was unfair to keep suspects on remand for over four or five years without concluding their trial or duly acquitting them.
"If you are in prison for five years and they have not been able to finish your case, they should release you" he said, drawing a tumultuous response from the prisoners.
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