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Head of Monitoring Unit at the Forestry Commission, Charles Owusu is making an appeal to President Nana Akufo-Addo to come to the aid of prisoners across the country.

Charles Owusu, who has been dedicating his birthday to making donations to improve the living conditions of prisoners, speaking on Peace FM's ''Kokrokoo'' recounted how the prisoners are suffering in the various prisons.

He narrated incidents where some innocent people have been locked up in the prisons and also noted that the situation at the prisons is very unbearable.

"Prisoners are humans like ourselves. There are some who are confined in the prison walls not because they have done anything bad or criminal but rather because they were accidentally caught up in complicated situations and ended up in the prisons.," he said.

He cried for help stressing it's about time the government and corporate entities turned their compassionate heart towards prisoners in the country.

"I plead with entities to come to the aid of the prisoners. Their situation is very terrible. Could you imagine that the government allocates only Ghc 1.80 to feed them? Although the money looks huge per the entire group of prisoners, it is very meagre to feed them individually. The prisoners' living conditions are so bad that they have to run a shift system before they can go to sleep. I plead with the government and persons who can help to do something to improve the prisoners' situation," he appealed.