Gov’t Finally Increases Prison Feeding from GH₵1.80 to GH₵5
JHNews || Ghana calls it progress when prisoners move from being fed on GH₵1.80 to GH₵5, while MPs dine on meals worth more than an inmate’s entire monthly ration. A country that starves its prisoners but stuffs its politicians.
HENRY GERCHI 
The Director-General of Prisons has confirmed that the feeding allowance for inmates has been increased from a shocking GH₵1.80 to GH₵5 per head, following approval under President Mahama’s administration.
For years, Ghana’s prisons have been condemned as death traps where inmates were starved on less than the price of a sachet of water and bread. Human rights groups repeatedly called the allowance “a national disgrace,” warning that it violated every basic standard of dignity.
The increment, though long overdue, exposes the sheer negligence of past administrations. Civil society insists this is not generosity but a late and embarrassing attempt to fix decades of state-sponsored malnutrition behind bars.
Meanwhile, the average cost of lunch for a Member of Parliament or a government appointee can run into hundreds of cedis per sitting, highlighting the double standards in how Ghana values its privileged versus its prisoners.
