A team of medical officers from the Ghana Prisons Service have educated some health professionals and a section of the public who were present at a two(2) days international conference on Mental Health and Well-being held in Ho, by the Mental Health and Well-being Foundation, Ghana. The medical team led...
The Energy Commission of Ghana and the Ghana Prisons Service have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to enroll a laudable project which seeks to provide inmates and officers with skills in conducting internal electrical wiring through training and certification. The project would help promote the rehabilitation of the inmates through...
Delegates from the Head of State Award Scheme(HOSA) and the Australian High Commission have paid a working visit to the James Camp Prison and Senior Correctional Center workshops as part of the initiative Breaking the Cycle of Crime which was launched last year. The theme of the visit to the...
Second Class Officer (2CO.) Rita Nkansah Boateng has been awarded the Best Female Referee of the 2022/2023 Season at the Ghana Football Awards held at the University of Professional Studies (UPSA) Auditorium in Accra on Saturday 9th September, 2023.
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime has donated 10 chairs, 6 metal cabinets, 6 table desk and office stationeries to the Ghana Prisons Service. The items are to support the works of the selected prison facilities piloting the diagnostic centers. The stations include Ankaful Maximum, Nsawam Medium Security,...
Second Class Officer(2CO.)Rita Nkansah Boateng has been appointed together with other seasoned African women referees to officiate in this year's Confederation of African Football (CAF) Women's Champions League - WAFU Zone B qualifiers which is ongoing at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City, Nigeria. 2C0. Nkansah was the 4th...
The new members include: Hon. Gladys Gillian Naadu Tetteh from the Internal Audit Agency, Mr. Joshua Magnus Nocol from the Internal Audit Agency, Madam Lucy Aboagye-Nuamah from the Institute of Chartered Accountant Ghana and Deputy Superintendent of Prisons William Afari. Also present was the Director of Prisons in charge...
The Director of Prisons in charge of Service, Mrs. Patience Baffoe-Bonnie (Esq.) has won the Female Pillar of Modern Ghana Award (Pillar in Public Service). This laurel came as a recognition to her exemplary and outstanding contributions to the economy in the public sector development. The event which recognized and honoured...
Drill Sergeant Joy Yaw Kuma Agba, a Prisons junior officer with the Drill and Duty Unit at the Prisons Officers Training School in Accra has been awarded the Best Allied Security Service personnel at the just ended Advance Drill and Duties Course 1- 23 at the Ghana Armed Forces...
A total of fifty-one/51 Prisoners from the Nation’s Prisons have sat for this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) across the country. This comprised 26 Juveniles from the Senior Correctional Centre (SCC), 9 inmates from the Nsawam Medium Security Prisons, 8 inmates from the Kumasi Central Prison, 4 inmates...
