Penology
Murderer Harry Jarvis Who Hid Wife’s Body Under Floor Dies In Prison
Harry Jarvis was convicted of his wife's murder in 2011 Harry Jarvis, a prisoner at HMP Addiewell, was convicted at...
TUC Calls On Government To Improve On Conditions of Prisons
The deteriorating conditions in the country’s prisons have been brought to the attention of government in the wake of...
‘Prison Inmates Live By Miracle’
Inmates at the Kumasi Central Prisons have been living by miracle, Ashanti Regional Public Relations Officer of the...
Kumasi ‘Prison Inmates Live By Miracle’
ASP Bukari noted that the conditions at the prisons were not what something good could be said about Inmates at the...
Another Death Row Inmate’s Life Spared In Arkansas
A death row inmate scheduled to be executed in an Arkansas prison on Thursday was granted a stay by the highest court...
Prison Service Debunks Recruitment Exercise
The Ghana Prisons Service has cautioned the general public against a scam regarding an ongoing recruitment exercise. A...
We’re Not Recruiting Personnel Now – Prisons Service
The Ghana Prisons Service has called on the public to disregard rumours of an ongoing recruitment exercise by the...
Arkansas Vows To See Through Executions Despite Legal Setbacks
A legal battle over the death sentence in the US state of Arkansas has seen skirmishes and retreats, but it's not over...
Serial Executions Take Toll On Executioners Too, Critics Say
Putting a prisoner to death "stays with you for a long time," says Ron McAndrew. The former warden of Florida State...
Nigeria Sees ‘massive Spike’ In Death Sentences
Nigeria handed down an astonishing 527 death sentences in 2016, three times more than the previous year, in what...
Court ‘pardons’ 13 Delta Force Escapees But…
The Kumasi Circuit Court Four, presided over by John Ekwow Mensah has pardoned the 13 members of the Delta Force for...
Court Pardons 13 Delta Force ‘escapees’
They were convicted to a fine of 200 penalty units each and a bond to be of good behaviour The Kumasi Circuit Court...
Global Executions Fall 37% Since 2015, Amnesty International Says
The number of executions recorded worldwide in 2016 fell by 37% on the previous year, human rights group Amnesty...
China Remains World’s Biggest Executioner
China executed more people in 2016 than all other nations combined, Amnesty International said Tuesday, as death...
Judge Mary Senkyire’s Decision Invited Delta Force Brutality – JOY
The independent Presidential Candidate in the 2016 general elections Jacob Osei Yeboah has stirred the controversy...
No Jobs At COCOBOD For Delta Force Again
Maverick lawmaker for Assin Central Constituency Kennedy Agyepong has put on ice processes he claimed he had initiated...
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...
Demonstration Hits Ankaful Prison
INMATES at Ankaful Prison in Cape Coast, the Central regional capital, have embarked on a demonstration against prison...