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Clean Slate: The Realities of Prison Reintegration
By Adoma Kumasi, Ghana — It’s a humid Tuesday afternoon, and 34-year-old Yaw Antwi is behind a sewing machine in a small roadside container shop. The rhythmic hum of the needle cutting fabric might seem ordinary — but for Yaw, it’s extraordinary. Just two years ago, he was serving a sentence at Nsawam Medium Security Prison for theft. Today, he’s trying to rebuild a life — thread by thread — in a society that doesn’t always welcome returnees. “I served my time,” he says, “but the punishment didn’t end at the prison gate.” Life After Prison: The Hidden Sentence In Ghana, over 90% of prisoners eventually return to society. But…