Structures of Prisons establishments located within townships were to be sold and proceeds used to build new ones at more convenient locations. Already offers had been received for the Maamobi in Accra, Kumasi Central and Obuasi prison buildings. The Director-General of the Prisons Service, William Asiedu said this when he inaugurated the Volta Regional Prisons Committee in Ho in reaction to concerns about the Ho Prison, which was built between offices and residential properties. He said the Ho Prisons building was also on offer but no individual or corporate body had expressed interest in its purchase. He said a new prison was being considered for Akaa in the Jasikan District. The Chairman of the Prisons Council, Ashitey Adjei, said prisons should not be regarded as places of punishment but as institutions of correction and rehabilitation. He said the Prisons Council was working together with relevant bodies to better the lot of prisoners and treat them with the dignity they deserved.