The Ghana Football Association Foundation on Friday, May 24, 2024 launched the GFA Foundation Ghana Prisons Project at the Senior Correctional Center Astro Turf, Accra. The project according to the President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) Mr. Kurt Edwin S. Okraku, has three pillars of focus which includes presentation...
The Public Relations Unit, Prisons Headquarters had a session with the Shalom Presbyterian Congregation, Osu on Sunday 19th May, 2024.The congregation was educated on crime, causes, effects and Juvenile Justice system as part of the youth and Crime Campaign.
In recent years, the Ghana Prisons Service has embarked on a transformative journey, leveraging agricultural activities to foster rehabilitation, skill building and self-sustainability within its facilities. Through innovative programs and partnerships, the Prison Service is not only cultivating crops but also nurturing hope and opportunities for inmates. Traditionally, prisons have...
The Director General of Prisons (DGP), Mr. Isaac Kofi Egyir, has advised officers of the Bawku Local Prison to continue to remain calm aftermath the intervention by the Regional Security Council led by the hon. Regional Minister. Mr. Isaac Egyir said this at a special durbar with officers of the...
In the hearts of Ghana's Correctional facilities lies a beacon of hope and transformation: the vocational and technical skill development programs for inmates in the forty five (45) prison establishments nationwide. Whereas incarceration serves as a form of punishment, these skill development initiatives offer a pathway to rehabilitation, empowering...
The Mayor of Tamale, Hon. Sulley Salifu, the Second in Command (2IC) at the Tamale Central Prison, Chief Superintendent of Prisons (CSP.) Amatus Siekure together with some executives of the Fatih College Foundation have commissioned a newly constructed mechanized borehole for officers and inmates of the Tamale Central Prison. Hon....
The Eastern Regional Commander and Officer in charge of the Nsawam Medium Security Prison, Assistant Director of Prisons (ADP) Thomas Seidu attended the Adoagyiri Traditional Council's Akwasidae celebration on Sunday, May 12th, 2024 at the Okoanadwo Fie.
PHOTOS GALLERY OF SECOND BATCH SPECIAL CAPACITY TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR ASSISTANT CHIEF OFFICERS, ON FRIDAY 10TH MAY, 2024.
The National Commission for Civic education (NCCE) has marked this year’s constitution week with an education and awareness creation on the 1992 constitution with Prison Officers at the Prison Headquarters in Accra. Dr. Imran Mohammed, the Director of Programs at NCCE opened the education by enlightening officers on their duties...
A nine-member team from the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) in collaboration with 20 Operations officers of the Ghana Prisons Service (GPS) have embarked on a security search at the Nsawam Medium Security Prison (NMSP), at Nsawam, in the Eastern region. The aim of the exercise which took place on Sunday,...
