The Director-General of Prisons, Mr. Isaac Kofi Egyir has paid a courtesy call on His Grace, Archbishop John Bonaventure Kwofie, the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Accra archdiocese of the Catholic Church, at his residence in Accra. The call which happens to be the first to the Archdiocese since Mr. Isaac...
The Prisons Officers’ Wives Association (PROWA) has inaugurated its new National Executive members to manage the affairs of the Association. This took place at its National Council Meeting (NMC), held yesterday at the Prisons Interdenominational Church at Cantonments, under the theme: ‘Uniting to Achieve the Goal’. The PROWA National President,...
The National Insurance Commission in collaboration with the Prisons Administration has launched a training programme on insurance literacy for Prison officers at the Ghana Prisons Headquarters in Accra. Speaking at the launch today, the Director-General of Prisons, Mr. Isaac Kofi Egyir commended the National Insurance Commission for initiating such a...
A wreath laying ceremony has been held to commemorate the 74th Anniversary of the Crossroad Shooting incident on the 28th February, 1948, following the Second World War and failure to fulfil promises made to the war veterans. The ceremony took place today at the Nationalism Park at Osu in...
The Director-General of Prisons, Mr. Isaac Kofi Egyir, has received the Executive Achievement Award in recognition of his exemplary leadership role in the areas of Promoting Peace locally and worldwide, from the Ghana Leadership Awards. The prestigious Award was conferred on him together with the Chief Fire Officer of the...
The Director-General of Prisons, Mr. Isaac Kofi Egyir has advised candidates sitting for this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE) to desist from any act that will amount to examination malpractice. Mr. Egyir gave the advice Tuesday morning when he visited the Bethany Methodist Junior High School examination centre where...
Mr. Isaac Kofi Egyir (born on 21st of August, 1964) is a seasoned Ghanaian Prisons Officer and currently the Deputy Director-General of Prisons (DDGP) in charge of Operations. He has 26 years working experience with the Ghana Prisons Service including five years duty tour with the United Nations (UN) Peacekeeping in Sudan and...
The Director General of Prisons (DGP) Mr. Patrick Darko Missah is the head of the Ghana Prisons Service. He was enlisted into the service on 30th September, 1988 and later commissioned as an Assistant Superintendent of Prisons (ASP) on 1st April, 1989. He was appointed the head of Prisons Service on 27th March,...
“When I closed THE GRAPES OF WRATH, I was a different man. It enriched my powers of thinking and discipline, and my relationships. I left prison more informed than I went in and the more informed you are the less arrogant and aggressive you are.” – Nelson Mandela The above quote by one of the...
