Judges storm Obuasi prison to hear cases of the forgotten
Judges storm Obuasi prison to hear cases of the forgotten A team of judges has arrived at the Obuasi prison in the Ashanti Region as part of efforts to expedite the hearing of cases of remand prisoners. The two judges are expected to hear the cases of remand prisoners and determine whether or not to acquit them or grant them bail. The action is part of the ‘ Justice For All programme’ that was instituted by former Minister for Justice, Joe Ghartey in 2007 and revived by Chief Justice Georgina Wood in 2015 after a Joy News documentary detailing cases of people languishing in jail without trial. The programme is an initiative aimed at alleviating prison overcrowding through setting up special courts sittings to adjudicate remand prisoner cases in prisons throughout the country. It had become dormant but in two documentaries produced by Seth Kwame Boateng, [Locked and Forgotten’ and ‘Left To Rot] the inhumane conditions prisoners have to endure in the overcrow...