A new era has dawned in the country. The nation has spoken. At last the good people have found their strength and shaken themselves from the shackles which imprisoned their conscience and thumbs from...
One hundred and twenty-four prisoners at the Sunyani Central Prisons are expected to cast their votes at the Ministries Canteen Polling Station near the Prisons in today's general elections. They are...
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...
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...
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...
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...
It was around 1:35am on Monday, November 7, 2016, at the Nsawam Medium Security Prison where the notorious criminal, Johnson Kombian and two other condemned inmates decided to escape from the...
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...
Following an attempted jail break by the notorious criminal, Johnson Kombian, and two others, the Nsawam Medium Security Prison has been locked down. Eastern Region Public Relations Officer of the...
The Government of Ghana has released GHC50 million for the construction of the Country’s only Remand Home at the Nsawam Medium Prisons which will go a long way to reduce the risk of infectious...
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...
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...
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...
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)...
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...
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...
“Since when are you a Pastor?” laughed James Adjei, pushed by his neighbor to bring him to order and sleep. “Before someone here in the bathhouse uses me for his sexual desires and gives me his...
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...
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...
The Prisons Service has commenced investigations into the alleged homosexual incident that led to an inmate almost losing his manhood at the Ankaful prison in the Central region. The penis of the...
