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The Church of Pentecost has unveiled a newly-built, modern prison facility at Damongo, located in the Savannah Region. According to the church, the project, among several others, aims to ease overcrowding in Ghana’s prisons and provide inmates with opportunities to acquire trade skills such as carpentry and tailoring, helping them reintegrate successfully into society after completing their sentences. Kumawu MP urges Parliament to act on crisis in Ghana’s prisons The initiative, however, has sparked mixed reactions on social media, with some Ghanaians expressing their views on the issue. Some social media users have commended the Church of Pentecost, asserting that the facility, among other church infrastructure projects, is evidence that the church is utilising its finances properly. They indicated that with the many developmental projects, if members are asked to make financial contributions to support such initiatives, they will willingly do so, and it would likely not receive any backlash, as such funds could be properly accounted for. They also stated that the initiatives are contributing to nation-building by taking on some of the government’s burden. On the other hand, some critics have described the move as a misguided initiative, questioning why the church appears to be building more prison facilities rather than channeling the funds into schools. President Mahama commissions Damongo Camp Prison Critics of the project indicate that the church may have ‘failed its purpose,’ arguing that factories could have been built instead to support its unemployed church members. They contended that such projects could actually lead people to engage in more criminal activities, instead of reducing the crime rate, thereby defeating the project’s purpose. Read some of the posts below: This is just crazy, worry about bringing down crimes, not build more prisons. The same money can open up a factory to employ church members. The church has always been a scam. https://t.co/vGF8PV0Use — Daya Kudungu (@HarYohAkwan) November 5, 2025 In the end it’s a business decision that will pay off , if govt starts to outsource to private prisons . https://t.co/5z6N7PvHPx — ethelcofie (@ethelcofie) November 5, 2025 I have said this and I will keep saying. Churches in Ghana manufacture poverty. Indeed religion thrives on poverty. Just imagine if this was a factory. They take from the poor to build upgrade church buildings while their people remain unemployed. Only fools go to church https://t.co/4wo6G7GA7d — Kwaku Ananse (@ananse__kwaku) November 6, 2025 The levels of self-imposed ignorance in this country is ridiculous. They have to defend why they build better facilities that offer better rehabilitation for inmates? Who complained? The people who love seeing human beings packed like smelly sardines? https://t.co/QjLCmxPXfb — Yao Mawutor Fianu (@YaoMawutorFianu) November 6, 2025 Instead of using the church money to build factories to employ their own unemployed church members, they are building prison. A clear misplace priority https://t.co/uFKO4mclS7 — Gen Nanaba (@nanaba7969) November 5, 2025 Add a factory to create more jobs please https://t.co/Jluv4MzFt5 — SAint Diego (@SaintDonDiego) November 6, 2025 This is a bad initiative to be honest Why build prisons when you can build schools and orphanage homes https://t.co/6AiBPtRGyZ — God And Country 🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭 (@richard06_Gh) November 6, 2025 This is how I want to see my tithes work https://t.co/I2n5TiamB9 — Hayford 🔴⚫️ (@KofiAkesseh) November 6, 2025 This is why if I am paying 5000 dollars to my church I won’t be sad or mad they’re helping the country COP wai🤌🏽❤️ https://t.co/jW2IJzwhGw — Nhyira🤍 (@NhyiraBediako24) November 6, 2025 a church that builds a prison has already failed its purpose https://t.co/ItxzlEQPRs — esq. SAD BOY (@saddestboy_1z) November 6, 2025 This is so commendable! Rehabilitation. https://t.co/8nPDnwvnX5 — The4Tycoons! (@tycoonThe4) November 6, 2025 This is so good by the church of Pentecost. This will further reduce our overpopulated prisons and give inmates the reformation they so need to reintegrate them into the society https://t.co/hinAxB0pdf — The Cue-X (@theQueX) November 6, 2025 This is what I am talking about. Churches should start helping to develop the country and their own communities. They are not taxed — Valerie eyram (@ValeEyram) November 6, 2025 It’s a very good initiative and they should continue. In this country, we ignore prisoners as if they are not humans — Kwame_Noble (@desson_noble) November 5, 2025 Watch the promo to GhanaWeb’s latest documentary, which uncovers the evolution of ‘kayamata,’ an exploitative practice fueled by love charms and manipulation, titled, “The Dark Side of Kayamata,’ below
