Odorgonno Senior High School (SHS) in the Ga Central District of Greater Accra was the first government secondary school to benefit from the crime prevention campaign.
Mr Ibrahim Oppong Kwarteng, Ambassador Extraordinaire of Prisons and the Executive Director of CCF speaking at the event said the initiative was one of the most effective ways of significantly reducing crime among students.
The prison documentary campaign in second cycle institutions, which has been approved by the Ghana Education Service (SHS), comes after the launch of the National Stop Crime Campaign by the Foundation.
The documentaries involve prisoners from various crime categories, confessing to their crimes in congested prison settings, the harm they have caused the society, themselves, their families and above advising the youth to stay away from crime.
Mr Kwarteng called on government, corporate bodies and other organisations to support the Foundation to enable it reach out to many schools as possible message.
The more than 2,684 students of Odorgonno SHS, who watched the documentary, could not control their emotions after coming face to face with the reality of prison life.
They were shocked to see other students in prison cautioning, their counterparts on the dangers of crime.
Dr Mrs Shine Ofori, the Headmistress of the school, said the initiative would not only reduce crime among students, but also address insubordination and other vices perpetrated by students.
She urged the Foundation to do all it could to quickly reach out to all secondary schools across the country.
She thanked the GES for collaborating with the Prisons Ambassador Extraordinaire to roll out the programme.
Source: GNA
