He said the subject of non-custodial sentencing was therefore, one of the continuing interest to the Commission and the nation. The Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo lauded the POS Foundation for picking up the daunting challenge of producing a Non-Custodial Sentencing Draft Bill. He said the passage of the Non-Custodial Sentencing Bill into law, would help decongest the nation’s prisons; and also help reduce the high cost of feeding inmates. "The non-custodial sentencing bill, when passed into law, will affirm Ghana’s quest for the protection of citizen’s rights in accordance with international norms and standards,” she said. Mr Jonathan Osei-Owusu, Founding Executive Director, POS Foundation, said the Non-Custodial Sentencing Bill, 2018, deals with the alternate sentencing powers to provide for the rehabilitation of offenders as we as related matters.

Source: GhanaWeb October 13, 2018 16:28 UTC