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 Appiah-Oppong, to the Supreme...
Tag: Penology
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 detention centres. Martin Kpebu, Francis Ontoyin and Nana...
French Woman Who Killed Husband Freed After Hollande Pardon
A French woman in her sixties who murdered her husband in 2012 has been released after a second intervention by President Francois Hollande. Jacqueline Sauvage suffered decades of abuse and became a...
Prison Official Wants Feeding Grant For Inmates Increased From GHC1.80
A Prison officer is pleading for a review of the feeding grant for prison inmates, describing the daily GHC1.80 per head as woefully inadequate. The Second-In-Command at the female section of the...
The Right To Appeal After Being Unconditionally Pardoned
On November 30, 2016, the Court of Appeal acquitted and discharged Mr. Tsatsu Tsikata who was convicted on June 18, 2008 of willfully causing financial loss of GH¢230,000 to the state and of...
GMB’s Akos In Nsawam Prisons
Second runner-up of the Legacy Edition of Ghana’s Most Beautiful Season X Akos found herself at Ghana’s main prison facility Nsawam prisons but not for the wrong reasons. Akos, who has been...
The Death Penalty Is Not A Creative Response To Murder
Americans have a saying that runs as follows: “Be careful what you wish for; or you shall get it.” Nana Obiri-Boahen’s angry call on President John Dramani Mahama to expedite the implementation...
Nigerian To Be Executed In Singapore For Cannabis Possesion
Singapore has rejected an appeal for clemency by a Nigerian due to be executed on Friday for being in possession of cannabis, Amnesty International has said. Chijoke Stephen Obioha’s family was...
Preparing For Release From Prison
Most prisoners face bewildering moments as the date and time for their release approaches. So many thoughts go through their minds. For instance, what will life be like on the outside? Will my spouse...
The Prison Life-Awolugutu Writes
Most prisoners face bewildering moments as the date and time for their release approaches. So many thoughts go through their minds. For instance, what will life be like on the outside? Will my spouse...
President Should Implement the Death Penalty – Former Minister
His call follows an attempted jailbreak by notorious criminal, Johnson Kombian and two others at the Nsawam prison Sunday. Kombian was sentenced to death by hanging in August last year after he he...
Kombian And Death Penalty, Should It Be Abolished Or Not?
I have been reading in some news outlets that Johnson Kombian, the man who is on record to have broken Tamale prisons and escaped when he was serving a prison term there has made attempt to break the...
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 masters in the Gold Coast era housed offenders in dungeons and cells...
Ghanaian Political Elites Care Nothing About The Reform Of It’s Criminal Justice Delivery System
In both theory and practice ,the criminal justice system of most democratic jurisdictions ,refers to that level of maintaining effective and efficient law and order involving the active and tacit...
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 in the country are to hold a total of 9,875 prisoners, they are...
Klottey Korle Aspirant Finds In Prisoners Ready Labour Source For Ghana
An aspiring Member of Parliament for the Klottey Korle Constituency has lashed out at the government for not making use of the country’s prisoners. The Convention People’s Party (CPP)...
Ex-Convict Calls For Review of Criminal Code
An ex-convict, Akwesi Frimpong Jnr, wants an unconditional exclusion of custodian sentences for all forms of misdemeanor in Ghana. In his estimation, no amount of capital investment in prisons would...
Ex-Convict Calls For Review of Criminal Code; Blames Society For Poor Prison Conditions
An ex-convict, Akwesi Frimpong Jnr, wants an unconditional exclusion of custodian sentences for all forms of misdemeanor in Ghana. In his estimation, no amount of capital investment in prisons would...
Belgian Prison Counselor Weeps Over Conditions At Kumasi Central Prison
A Belgian prison counselor was drawn into tears during a visit to the Kumasi Central Prison where she witnessed what she considered appalling conditions of inmates. Turkish-born Fatima Betul says the...
Ghana Prisons Deny Married Inmates Conjugal Visit
The Ghana Prison Service says it cannot guarantee conjugal visit for married inmates citing the lack of facilities and resources. Sex is a physiological need that strengthens the bond between couples...