Let us improve prison conditions
For prison is not grave yard
I
asked my mother some days ago
When
they were sending my father to prison
And
I remember she replied that
It
is a place where people are kept for some time
So
they stay away from a crime committed
A person found guilty of a felony or a misdemeanour may be required to serve a prison sentence. Prison as we all know is an institution for the confinement of persons who have been remanded (held) in custody by a judicial authority or who have been deprived of their liberty following conviction for a crime.
My
class teacher also taught me that
Grave
yard is where things that are not useful are kept.
People
in prison are poorly treated
And
I got to know this the day I visited my father in prison
What
I saw was nothing good to write home about
And
cannot even be described by words from my mouth
It
looks like people over there are no longer useful
And
so have been dumped in prison ‘graveyard’
Which
you and I know is not so
Let
us improve prison conditions
For
prison is not grave yard
People
in prison are poorly treated
We
care less about the existence of people in prison
We
care less about what they wish to eat
And
what they wish not to taste not forgetting vegetarians
Meanwhile
they are human like us
Let
us improve prison conditions
For
prison is not grave yard
People
in prison are poorly treated
There
is overcrowding which affect the quality of life of prisoners
And
this account for the inhuman condition in our prisons
This
also leads to the spread of communicable diseases
Some
prisoners too are made to do all kinds of difficult works
Like
weeding, farming and the likes without even getting wages
Forgetting
that they are still human
Let
us improve prison conditions
For
prison is not grave yard
People
in prison are poorly treated like the pauper
What
crime and what treason did they commit?
That
some of them their ribs can reflect the light
Some
of them are also dying like rejected fowls
Because
we don’t check up on their health status
Forgetting
that they are still human and must be treated as such
Let
us improve prison conditions
For
prison is not grave yard
People
in prison are less treated as humans sometimes
And
I keep on asking myself why
Why
are they not given good food to eat?
Why
are they not given better cloths to wear?
Why
are they not given better drugs to cure their diseases?
Why are they not given better place to lay their heads?
Let
us improve prison conditions
For
prison is not grave yard
People
in prison are like you and I and so must be treated well
Let’s
take up the mantle and do our best to improve prison conditions
Yes,
let’s not forget that the people in prison
Are
not rejected human beings dumped in the grave yard.
People
in prison are not refuse, nor dead bodies
To
be dumped at the grave yard
Together
we change the status co
Let
us improve prison conditions
For
prison is not grave yard
People
in prison are human and so deserve to be treated well
For
no one is destined to be in prison
But
as a result of some circumstances
Some
people end up there, and that doesn’t mean they are inhuman
Let
us therefore improve prison conditions
For prison is not grave yard
HON. SAMUEL OBENG BADU (BRO. SAMUEL)
+233208996986 samuelsoba14@gmail.com