An ex-convict, Kofi Kyeremanteng has lamented how ex-convicts have become targets in society anytime a crime is committed.
“Anytime a crime is committed in my area I am the first mention before any other person is suspected.”
He said because of their status as ex-convicts, their reintegration is proving difficult.
“I was first jailed for three years in 1999 for stealing. After my release, I was jailed again for a crime I did not commit. It was also theft, he recounted.
According to the inmate, he was jailed for the third time when he was accused of being an accomplice of stealing.
Kyeremanteng said he was not happy with a crime his friends had committed which resulted in the caging of one of them while the others enjoyed the booty.
He said when he tried to stop the sale of the loot, his friends’ threatened him.
“I told them the Police would arrest them. Truly, they were arrested two days after,” he said.
However, his colleagues lied to the police officers that he was an accomplice.
Upon several explanations, the police went ahead to arrest him.
“The police officers were unfair to me. I was the first person they confronted on the crime. I even directed the police to my friends’ base. They still arrested me after my explanation.
Crime Check Foundation (CCF) has been urging the general public to accommodate ex-convicts for easy re-integration.
This would also prevent recidivism decongest prisons across the country.
