Controversial marriage counsellor, Cyril George
Lutterodt has charged human rights advocates in Ghana to champion the
cause of prison reforms rather than advocating conjugal rights for
inmates.
Some human rights activists have been pushing for the construction of
conjugal homes within the walls of the prisons to enable the inmates
have sex with their spouses while serving their jail term.
The activists insist the absence of the conjugal homes is an infringement on the rights of the inmates.
One of such human rights advocates, Mr Edmond Amarkwei, a lawyer, who
is also the Head of Public Law at the Ghana Institute of Management and
Public Administration (GIMPA), at the last Commonwealth Human Rights
Initiative Media workshop held in Accra on the theme: ‘Decriminalising
Petty Offences in Ghana’, called on the Ghana Prisons Service to put up
the conjugal homes for the inmates.
Speaking on the mid-day news on Accra100.5FM, Mr Lutterodt, who is
known for his no-holds-barred views on such matters, said denying prison
inmates their conjugal rights is part of the punishment regime.
He said: “When you break the rule governing nature, you’re confined. It should not be encouraged.”
The counsellor also refuted claims that allowing prison inmates to have
sex can largely reduce sodomy cases within the walls of their
confinement.
“Sodomy is not just happening in Ghana prisons only, it is everywhere”.
He has, therefore, called on human rights advocates to rather push for
the need for prison reforms to help the inmates become better persons
after serving their jail term.
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