Dokument #1138982
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
According to a professor in African
politics at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, the prison
system in Ghana has a work schedule for prisoners in which they
perform work both outside and inside prison premises (19 Jan.
1994). The source stated that the Usher Fort Prison in Accra is
basically a prison for politicians and hardened criminals (ibid.).
Although the source was unsure whether inmates at Usher Fort Prison
are subjected to the daily or weekly work routine of the Ghana
prison system, he could not see why this prison could be the
exception from the rule (ibid.).
This response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does
not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular
claim to refugee status or asylum.
Professor of African Politics, Wayne
State University, Detroit, Michigan. 19 January 1994. Telephone
interview.