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鈥淲hat I鈥檇 like to see is when these girls go back into society, they don鈥檛 end up back in prison. When they come out, they鈥檝e got skills, they can go to the football federation, they can coach in schools. It's about using football for positive social change. Football is more than just a game on the pitch and this is an example of that.鈥�

The 鈥淔ootball for Reform鈥� programme kicked off in Sierra Leone last November and has been used in prisons in Ghana and Liberia. Run by CAF- the Confederation of African Football- organisers say female prisoners are taught football coaching skills to help them to find employment when they are released.

So why is the beautiful game being seen as a way to rehabilitate women in African jails? Africa Daily鈥檚 Alan Kasujja has been finding out.

GUESTS: Two female prisoners, Isha Johansen former President of the Sierra Leone FA and Mercy Tagoe Tagoe Quarcoo, former Ghana national team women鈥檚 coach