Consider C’nity Service – Government Urged
Authorities at the Kumasi Central Prisons have renewed calls for non-custodial sentences for persons convicted of minor offences in order ...
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The Rock Puts Muscle Behind Boot Camp In HBO Documentary
The appeal of programs that put at-risk youth on a path to redemption is as old as "Scared Straight!," the ...
PPP Man Donates To Prisoners
A member of the Communications Team of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Charles Owusu, at the weekend donated food items ...
Feared US Jail For Undocumented Immigrants
In fluorescent uniforms, dozens of inmates blink in the afternoon sun as they line up in the yard for lunch, ...
Death Penalty Is A Human Rights Violation – Frank Doyi
The Acting Director of Amnesty International, Mr. Frank Doyi is advocating for the death penalty to be scrapped from the ...
Packed Thai Prisons Need Urgent Reform
Thai prisons are massively overcrowded with some inmates forced to sleep sideways, a rights group said Tuesday, urging reform in ...
Release Male Prisoners To Marry Us – Women Beg Akufo-Addo
Some women living in Assin Fosu in the Central region are pleading for clemency for male prison inmates in the ...
Asafo FM Donates To Ankaful Prisons
As part of their Valentine’s Day celebration, Asafo FM, a local radio station, operating in Elmina in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) ...
A Closer Look Into Ghana’s Future
Latest: The Other Side Of The Story After 59 long years of independence, Ghana still remains in a dilemma of ...
Zimbabwe Protest Pastor Laments Prison Conditions After A Week In Jail
Evan Mawarire, Zimbabwean pastor and activist has decried the deplorable conditions in the country’s jails after spending a week on ...
Undercover Panorama Report Reveals Prison Chaos
Chaos in one of the biggest prisons in the country has been revealed in secret filming for the BBC. An ...
Over 150 Prisoners Escape; 62 Still At Large
Riot policemen do a head count of inmates during an uprising at Alcacuz prison in Natal Brazilian authorities say more ...
Inmate Dies At Nsawam Prisons
Information gathered by Class News indicate that an inmate of the Nsawam Prisons in the Eastern Region died on Sunday ...
Brazil Prisoners Beheaded In Riot At Natal Prison
Inmates have seized control of the largest prison in the north-eastern Brazilian city of Natal. Police say at least 10 ...
Woman Arrested For Attempting To Smuggle Cocaine To Prisoner
A 23-year-old self-employed woman dealing in used ladies shoes from Berekum in the Berekum Municipality of the Brong Ahafo Region, ...
3rd Brazilian Prison Riot In A Week Leaves 4 Dead
Four people died Sunday in a riot at a prison in Brazil, the nation's third deadly prison uprising in seven ...
Two New Prison Camps To Be Established At Ejura and Kokofu
Two new prison camps are to be established in the Ashanti region in 2017, the Ashanti Regional Commander of Prisons, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...