Prison Officer Slapped With 13-Yr Jail Sentence For Narcotics

A Second Class prison officer (2CO), Abibula Nankpa, attached to the Ankaful Main Camp Prison in the Central Region, was on Monday given a 13-year jail sentence for possessing narcotic drugs. It would be recalled that the officer was shot at the hip by guards at the Ankaful Maximum Security Prison on August 5, when … Read more

Woman, 36, Busted *For Smuggling Wee

A 36-year-old unemployed woman has been arrested by prison wardens at Ankaful Maximum Security Prison at Cape Coast in the Central Region in her bid to smuggle dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp into the male section for an inmate. The suspect, one Felicia Asamoah, a resident of Kumasi, was reported to have concealed … Read more

Woman 36 Busted For Smuggling Wee Into Ankaful Prison

A 36-year-old unemployed woman has been arrested by prison wardens at Ankaful Maximum Security prison at Cape Coast in her bid to smuggle dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp into the male section for an inmate. The suspect one Felicia Asamoah a resident of Kumasi, is reported to have concealed the contraband product in … Read more

Woman Arrested For Smuggling Weed In Mackerel Tins To Prison

A 35-year-old woman has been arrested at the Ankaful Maximum Security Prison for attempting to smuggle a substance suspected to be marijuana known in local parlance as weed to an inmate. The suspect, Memuna Mahama was said to have compressed the illegal drug in 15 tins of Mackerel for easy transportation. Public Relation Officer for … Read more

EC Registers 2,276 Prisoners For December Polls

The Electoral Commission (EC) has registered a total of 2,276 prison inmates across the country, to enable them participate in the 2016 presidential and parliamentary elections. About 40,433 new eligible voters have also been captured onto the electoral roll during the continuous voter registration exercise, with 29,897 (52.7%) out of the over 56,000 deleted NHIS … Read more