Ghana’s prisons are bursting at the seams with excessive overcrowding, compromising the health, safety, and rehabilitation of inmates. Some prisons are holding prisoners far and beyond their ...

The Ghana Prisons Service, in partnership with the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) and the Ministry of Youth Development and Empowerment, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the Ministry ...

Ghana’s prison system is in urgent need of reform. The Ghana Prisons Service, in its 2022 report, revealed that the inmate population had surged to 14,097, significantly exceeding the national ...

The Ghana Police Service, Ghana Prisons Service, and Ghana Immigration Service have announced recruitment opportunities for individuals who expressed interest and applied to join these services in ...

The Ghana Prisons Service stands at a pivotal moment in its institutional evolution, embracing a new transformative strategic direction that reimagines the role of prison facilities in national ...

Accra, July 22, GNA – The Ghana Prisons Service has held its maiden strategic meeting with former Director-Generals and senior officers to share its new reform agenda and operational priorities. The ...

The Ghana Prisons Service PRO has addressed the uncertainty surrounding Agradaa's whereabouts after her sentencing Mr Adamu Latif also responded to other rumours of maltreatment against the embattled ...

At the Medium Security Prisons, Nsawam, a moving ceremony on October 3, 2025 marked a milestone in Ghana's correctional health and rehabilitation story. Two inmates (Mr Agyei and Mr Asare Dankyi), who ...