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Ghana plans to turn former Osagyefo centre into prison school

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The Osagyefo floating power station centre at Effasu Mangyea is to be converted into a prison school to give inmates access to education and vocational training. The project is being led by Jomoro MP Dorcas Affo-Toffey and municipal chief executive Benedict Boadi, Starrfm reports.

The centre of the Osagyefo power barge, at Effasu Mangyea in Ghana’s Jomoro Municipality, could be converted into a prison school for the Ghana Prisons Service. The project is being led by Jomoro MP Dorcas Affo-Toffey and Municipal Chief Executive Benedict Boadi, Starrfm reports.

Representatives of the Prisons Service, Immigration Service and Police Service, as well as the Jomoro Municipal Assembly, have already visited the site to assess whether it can accommodate the conversion. The initiative aims to reuse the centre for education and rehabilitation.

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