Prisoner Or Patient? The Fate of Ghana’s Mentally Ill Offender
The Ghana Prisons Service is mandated by law to ensure the safe custody, welfare, reformation and rehabilitation of prisoners whenever ...
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Prisons Officers On Leave Called Back Against Possible Jailbreaks
Management of the Ghana Prisons Service has said officers at various prisons across the country are on high alert to ...
Pastor Donates Water Tank To Koforidua Prison
The Koforidua Assemblies of God Church pastor Prophet Albert Asihene Agyarkwa who also happens to be the general overseer of ...
Honduras Foils Jail Escape By Murderer Dressed As A Woman
Prison officials in Honduras have told a convicted murderer who attempted to break out of jail disguised as a woman ...
Six Discharged, Two Convicted At Sekondi Under Justice For All Programme
Six persons who were being held on remand at the Sekondi Prison for various offences have been discharged under the ...
Six Discharged, Two Convicted At Sekondi Under Justice For All Prog.
Six persons who were being held on remand at the Sekondi Prison for various offences have been discharged under the ...
‘El Chapo’ Health Deteriorating In US Custody
The health of Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, one of the world's most notorious criminals, is deteriorating in ...
Group Raises Red Flag Over Bad Prisons’ Conditions
A group, calling itself Citizen’s Watch Alliance (CiWA), has raised a red flag over the upsurge of deplorable conditions in the ...
Death Penalty Is A Human Rights Violation – Frank Doyi
The Acting Director of Amnesty International, Mr. Frank Doyi is advocating for the death penalty to be scrapped from the ...
Cruel and Inhumane Ghanaian Prisons
Following the “cruel, inhumane and degrading” experiences in Ghanaian prisons, three human right lawyers are dragging the country’s Attorney-General, Marietta ...
Attorney-General Sued Over Inhumane Conditions At Prisons
Three lawyers have sued the Attorney-General, Marietta Appiah-Oppong, for what they say are inhumane and degrading conditions at the country ...
Why You Should Avoid Prison
Prisons have been in existence since the Stone Age. Until the institutionalization of the prison system in Ghana, our colonial ...
Prisons Overcrowded By 3,810 Inmates
The Ghana Prisons Service is currently overcrowded by 3,810 prisoners, the Ghana Prisons Service has revealed. Although the 43 prisons ...