The Ghana Prisons Service has announced a search for 29-year-old inmate Peter Kyeremeh following his escape from custody.
According to the prison service, Peter Kyeremeh was serving a 5-year sentence for unlawful entry and stealing.
The Ghana Prisons Service is seeking public assistance to locate Peter Kyeremeh, who escaped from custody.
He has been described as fair in complexion and slim.
Anyone who sees Peter Kyeremeh or has information on his whereabouts should contact the nearest Police Station, Prison Establishment, or call 0506232978.
In other news, an ex-convict known as Blade has blown the whistle on how personnel of the Ghana Prison Service allegedly use inmates for crimes.
The ex-convict alleged that some incarcerated prisoners are secretly used to carry out crimes beyond the confines of Ghana’s prisons.
He alleged that when inmates are taken out of the prison yard for communal work, the supervising prison officer purposely selects what he described as the “four best criminals” to accompany them, while the remaining four are assigned to the work.
The ex-convict narrated that when the inmates are taken out for communal activities such as cleaning gutters or clearing weeds, the prison officer allegedly allows the “four best criminals” to go on “operations,” such as pickpocketing, theft, and other petty crimes.
He claimed that these four best criminals are given a specific time to return so that they can be taken back to the prison yard, adding that when these inmates go into town and are caught and beaten, they often find ways to convince members of the public to take them back to the prison officer, who then shields them.
The ex-convict added, “There are prison officers who are criminals themselves. When it is time to take inmates out for communal work, these officers deliberately select what they consider the ‘best criminals’ under the guise of assigning them to such duties. Once outside, they allow some of the inmates to break away and engage in criminal activities, particularly those known for pickpocketing and other forms of theft.
“The officers then instruct them to return at a specified time, after which they escort them back into the prison yard. If the inmates fail to return, it could create problems for the officers involved,” Blade alleged.
Also, Blade made wild allegations about Ghana’s prison system, revealing how incarcerated prisoners with no family ties on the outside are often released to certain individuals for various reasons, including rituals.
According to the ex-convict, Prison Officers used the inmate visitor log book to identify inmates whom they released to certain individuals for various reasons, including rituals as ‘special transfer people’.
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