The Minister for the Interior, Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka, has expressed deep concern over the lack of essential security infrastructure in Ghana’s prisons.
Speaking during an engagement with the Ashanti Regional Police Command on Friday, April 4, 2025, the minister highlighted the absence of surveillance cameras and basic tools such as X-ray scanners, noting that this gap has created an enabling environment for drug trafficking within prison facilities.
“We don’t even have X-ray scanners in our prisons. As a result, our prisons have become centers for drug trafficking. People go in and out without proper checks, just hand searches, which are insufficient for detecting contraband,” he said.
“You need X-ray scanners so that, as people enter and exit the prisons, you can detect what they are carrying in and out. Because we lack this infrastructure, our prisons have essentially become open markets for drug trading.”
He added, “This poses a danger to all of us. So, what are we doing about it? We are working to introduce technology by acquiring scanners and installing CCTV cameras across our prisons so we can monitor activities inside more effectively.”
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