The five suspects arrested in connection with the alleged gang rape at Bantama in the Ashanti Region last year have been sent back to juvenile cells, pending investigations. On January 17, 2018, the Asokwa Juvenile Court struck out the case involving the five suspects based on information made available by the state attorney. The state … Read more
The Asokwa Juvenile Court has struck out the case involving five suspects alleged to have been involved in a gang-rape in Bantama in the Ashanti Region. According to the state attorney in charge of the case, one of the suspects in the case is not a minor, hence the need to move the case from … Read more
A Juvenile Court in Kumasi has remanded into custody, three boys who allegedly raped a teenager in Kumasi and captured the act on tape. The three, who were arraigned on charges of conspiracy and attempted rape, had their plea reserved to allow police prosecutors conclude investigations in the case that shocked the nation earlier this … Read more
The Achimota student, who was jailed three years by a Juvenile Court for shooting his friend Lily Asibete to death at Tema, has appealed against his sentence. The student, according to court processes, held that the sentence of the Juvenile Court was harsh hence the appeal. When the matter was called at an Accra High … Read more
The Executive Director of Juvenile Reform Foundation (JRF)-Ghana, Geoffrey Chaucer Ofori, has advised families against neglecting juvenile offenders who are released from correctional centres. He observed that majority of parents are reluctant in investing in the education and technical skills of these young offenders. Such parents, according to him, hold the view that those offenders … Read more
An Accra Fast Track High Court has warned the media against disclosing the identity of a final year student of the Achimota School who allegedly shot and killed a colleague student early this month. The judge, in issuing the orders, also threatened to slap a fine on any media house that publishes information leading to … Read more
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 functioning of the various state institutions as the police ,the court systems ,the prisons and the probation or community correction services Admittedly , each of … Read more
My excitement and joy at reading the news item published by ghanaweb.com last saturday 27 August 2016 on the subject of a sod cutting event relating to the construction of a Juvenile Justice Centre at Dodowa in the Greater Accra region , by Crrecent – Child Research and Resource Center are unmeasurable , given the … Read more
Nii Osah Mills, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, has called for strategies that would respond to youth crime, re-integration and after-care services to support the development of vulnerable children and the youth. He said re-integration and after care services would address repetition, restore normal behaviour among juveniles and enhance reform. Nii Osah Mills … Read more