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03.05.2016 Social News

Rotary Club of Accra-Dzorwulu trains inmates of Correctional Centre

By GNA
Rotary Club of Accra-Dzorwulu trains inmates of Correctional Centre
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By Kodjo Adams, GNA
Accra, May 3, GNA - The Rotary Club of Accra-Dzorwulu in collaboration with the National Youth Authority has organised a two-day training programme on anger management and making good choices in life.

The training organised for the Accra Juvenile inmates of the Senior Correctional Centre formerly Borstal Institute, was to provide the inmates with the requisite skills and knowledge as they sought to make the right decision in life.

Mr Johnson Dweben, President of Rotary Club of Accra-Dzorwulu, said the gesture was critical because it forms part of the facets of child development, adding that the training would empower the inmates to appreciate the need to take good decisions.

He said the event, which is the first of its kind, would be instituted as an annual programme of the club as part of its corporate social responsibility activities.

Mr Dweben said the training would prepare the prisoner for success outside of the prison yard and to enhance their rehabilitation aspects of life after prison.

He said with good skills and education, released prisoners have a better chance of moving on with their lives despite their criminal record; and employment helps ex-prisoners stay out of prison, despite the social stigma associated with their prison term.

Mr Dweben said prison inmates who receive general education and vocational training are significantly less likely to return to prison after release and are more likely to find employment than peers who do not receive such opportunities.

He said the gesture was one of the many social interventions the club had undertaken over the years including donations, health screening, and community development.

Mr Johann Nartey, Greater Accra Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Prisons Service, thanked the club for the training, stressing that it would provide opportunities for the inmates to feel accepted by society.

He said the Senior Correctional Centre, which is the nation's premier juvenile correctional institution, lacks the basic technical and vocational training plant and equipment to transform the inmates.

Mr Nartey appealed for assistance saying the vocational workshops of the Institute and the James Camp Prisons both have all broken down.

GNA

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