A US federal judge ruled Friday that Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, one of the world's most notorious criminals, will stand trial on April 16, 2018. The 60-year-old kingpin, accused of...
Harry Jarvis was convicted of his wife's murder in 2011 Harry Jarvis, a prisoner at HMP Addiewell, was convicted at Edinburgh High Court on 30 March 2011. The 67-year-old murdered his wife Carol...
The deteriorating conditions in the country’s prisons have been brought to the attention of government in the wake of revelations by prisons authorities that inmates reject food rationed them and...
Inmates at the Kumasi Central Prisons have been living by miracle, Ashanti Regional Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Prisons Service (ASP), Richard Bukari, has said. Describing their conditions...
ASP Bukari noted that the conditions at the prisons were not what something good could be said about Inmates at the Kumasi Central Prisons have been living by miracle, Ashanti Regional Public...
A death row inmate scheduled to be executed in an Arkansas prison on Thursday was granted a stay by the highest court in the US state hours before his lethal injection, his attorneys said. Stacey...
The Ghana Prisons Service has cautioned the general public against a scam regarding an ongoing recruitment exercise. A statement issued by the service asked the general public to be vigilant to avoid...
The Ghana Prisons Service has called on the public to disregard rumours of an ongoing recruitment exercise by the Service. It said the public must be vigilant to avoid being lured into buying fake...
A legal battle over the death sentence in the US state of Arkansas has seen skirmishes and retreats, but it's not over yet. Two death row inmates won reprieves on Monday, but five others still face...
Putting a prisoner to death "stays with you for a long time," says Ron McAndrew. The former warden of Florida State Prison says his own mental health had begun to deteriorate by the time he left his...
Nigeria handed down an astonishing 527 death sentences in 2016, three times more than the previous year, in what Amnesty International described Tuesday as a "massive and worrying spike". In its...
The Kumasi Circuit Court Four, presided over by John Ekwow Mensah has pardoned the 13 members of the Delta Force for their actions at the KMA Circuit Court on April 6 2017. The accused persons who...
They were convicted to a fine of 200 penalty units each and a bond to be of good behaviour The Kumasi Circuit Court Four, presided over by John Ekwow Mensah has pardoned the 13 members of the Delta...
The number of executions recorded worldwide in 2016 fell by 37% on the previous year, human rights group Amnesty International says. At least 1,032 people were executed last year, down from 1,634 in...
China executed more people in 2016 than all other nations combined, Amnesty International said Tuesday, as death penalties in the world decreased overall. The human rights organisation estimates the...
The independent Presidential Candidate in the 2016 general elections Jacob Osei Yeboah has stirred the controversy surrounding the operations of Kumasi based political vigilante group with...
Maverick lawmaker for Assin Central Constituency Kennedy Agyepong has put on ice processes he claimed he had initiated to get members of New Patriotic Party (NPP) vigilante group, Delta Force engaged...
Six persons who were being held on remand at the Sekondi Prison for various offences have been discharged under the Justice For All programme that seeks to decongest the country’s prisons. At a...
Six persons who were being held on remand at the Sekondi Prison for various offences have been discharged under the Justice For All programme that seeks to decongest the country’s prisons. At a...
INMATES at Ankaful Prison in Cape Coast, the Central regional capital, have embarked on a demonstration against prison authorities over the poor quality of foods they are served. According to the...
