A total of 29 prisoners convicted of minor offenses, including threat of death, narcotics cases, stealing, and old age, regained their freedom from the Sunyani Central Prison under the recent presidential amnesty.
According to Supt. Dennis Peasah, Public Relations Officer of the Sunyani Central Prison, 53 inmates were recommended for amnesty, and 48 were granted pardon by the President.
He told Kaakyire Kwasi Afari of Sunyani-based Ark fm that 18 of those granted amnesty had already completed their sentences and been discharged before the amnesty list was released.
He said one beneficiary had been transferred to the Duayaw Nkwanta Camp Prison and was also released.
In effect, 29 inmates were discharged from the Sunyani Central Prison under the amnesty on September 1, 2025.
Supt. Peasah revealed that a stakeholder committee, comprising the Ghana Police Service, NIB, and the Prisons Service, was formed to conduct rigorous due diligence assessments prior to the release.
Supt. Dennis Peasah praised Deputy Director of Prisons (D.D.P) Thompson Otsyokpo, the Bono, Ahafo and Bono East Regional Commander of Ghana Prisons Service for championing major reforms since assuming office in March this year.
Supt. Peasah highlighted the Commander’s dedication to the “Think Prisons 360 Degrees” initiative, launched by the Director General of Prisons to rebrand the service through wealth creation, advocacy, welfare, agricultural mechanization, modernization, and industrialization.
Describing the Commander as development-oriented, he said the initiative is being effectively implemented at the Prisons and pledged the team’s full support for his vision.
Supt. Dennis Peasah has called on philanthropists and stakeholders to partner with the prison service to improve infrastructure and drive reforms.
He expressed openness to collaborations with business institutions to support the service’s farming and industrial initiatives.
Source: Kaakyire Kwasi Afari. Ark FM, Sunyani.
