Save our younger ones - Prison inmates appeal

Inmates of the Ho Central Prison have appealed to parents to take extra care of their younger brothers and sisters and protect them against finding themselves at the wrong side of the law.

An inmate, Sampson Tay, who made the appeal on behalf of 484 others serving various terms for different offences, said most of them ended up in prison as a result of the lack of parental care, guidance and control.

He, therefore, called on parents, especially mothers, as well as churches, to provide the needed support for the young ones in society, so that they would grow to become useful adults, saying: “Most of us have regretted the actions which led us here but it is too late for us.”

Presentation

He made the appeal when the Pastors and Spouses Association of the Global Evangelical Church donated assorted items worth about GH¢5,000 to the Ho Prison as part of activities to mark the association’s retreat held in Ho recently.

The items included rice, maize, beans and salt, tin tomato, tin fish, cooking oil, soap, sanitary pads and drinks.

The Second Vice-President of the association, Mrs Enyonam Ganyo-Tefe, who led the delegation in an exhortation told the inmates never to give up on themselves, as God had not given up on them.

She recounted the Biblical story of Paul who, even while in prison, wrote many of his epistles to churches which had now become part of the New Testament in the Bible.

She urged the inmates to leverage on all the opportunities that the prison offered them in order to unleash the potential that God had deposited in them.

Appreciation

The Second in Command at the Ho Prison, Chief Superintendent Wilson Sallah, who received the items on behalf of the prison, expressed appreciation to the association for the depth of love exhibited.

He assured the association that the items would be put to good use.