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 exercising their noble right of choice after their voices have been ignored for so long by the capricious marauding gang of … Read more
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 made up of 104 convicts and 20 remand prisoners exercise. The Brong Ahafo Regional Public Relations Officer for the Ghana Prisons Service, ASP Vincent … Read more
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 championing a peace campaign dubbed ‘Akos for Peace’, visited and interacted with inmates and donated some items to them on Friday, November 25. … Read more
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 of the death penalty is scandalously simplistic and grossly misplaced. And if I were Nana Akufo-Addo, the 2016 presidential candidate of the main … Read more
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 and children welcome me with love and enthusiasm? Will I meet my accommodation after having been incarcerated for many years? Where … Read more
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 and children welcome me with love and enthusiasm? Will I meet my accommodation after having been incarcerated for many years? Where … Read more
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 shackles of bondage to begin a new life in an unknown destination. But alas, luck was not on their side as the trio were … Read more
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 Nsawam medium prisons too. The state is just keeping this Kombian guy at the risk of these … Read more
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 Ghana Prisons Service, DSP Courage Atsem, told Joy News officers on duty at the prison foiled the jail break attempt. “There was an attempted escape … Read more
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 crime skills transfer. President John Dramani Mahama, after his historical tour of the Nsawam Medium Prisons last year which was initiated … Read more
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 built into their castles. Currently, there are 43prison establishments across the country. They are categorised as maximum security (Ankaful), medium security(Nsawam), central prisons, … 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
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 currently holding 13,685 prisoners. Out of the total number,189 are females. According to the service, the convict population was 11,390, while those … Read more
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) parliamentary candidate, Edward Opare-Addo, said: “Prisons are a huge labour bank and I challenge the Interior Minister to give me trucks and prisoners and I will … Read more
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 enable the facilities take care of the high numbers of inmates. He called for a review of Act 29 of the Criminal Code to prevent … Read more
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 enable the facilities take care of the high numbers of inmates. He called for a review of Act 29 of the Criminal Code to prevent … Read more
“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 AIDS or Hepatitis, I better walk the walk of Jesus Christ that accepted anyone as a human being, even … Read more
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 prisoners deserve a better life than what they are going through presently. She led a delegation of Betulabla Foundation, a Turkey-based NGO, to donate … Read more
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 thus the pleas from some prisoners to be allowed to satisfy their sexual needs in a move to cut down on sodomy in prisons. … Read more
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 inmate was slashed by another for allegedly pestering him with anal sex. Reports suggest that the inmate who attempted to carry out the … Read more