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A 5-Day ‘Training of Trainers’ workshop on Classification of Prisoners has been held for officers of the Sunyani Central and Female Prisons at the Prisons canteen. The training workshop forms part of a three-year structured support scheme initiated by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) aimed at...
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in collaboration with the Ghana Prisons Service, on 18th July, 2024, commemorated the Nelson Mandela International Day. The ceremony which took place at the Nsawam Medium Security Prison called for global engagement to make the world a better place for everyone...
The Volta Regional Prisons Commander, Deputy Director Of Prisons (DDP) Raphael Kwesi Tuekpe, on Thursday 25th July, 2024, commissioned a Mechanised Borehole for the usage of both inmates and officers of Ho Central and Female Prisons. The project was funded by the Afadjato South Member of Parliament, Hon. Angela Alorwu-...
As part of the Pull Out activities for the Volta Regional Commander, DDP. Raphael K. Tuekpe, the Sports Unit has organised a friendly pull out games between Kpando Local, Ho Central and Ho Female prisons on Thursday 25th July, 2024. DDP. Tuekpe will retire from active service by the end...
The Authentic Classics, a non-governmental organisation in collaboration with MILIFE Insurance and Prison Volunteer Chaplains Association, on Saturday 20th July, 2024, offered a free comprehensive medical screening for inmates at James Camp Prison in Accra. The group also donated wall fans to insulate inmates’ dormitories, pharmaceutical drugs, sets of football...
The Eastern Regional Commander of the Nsawam Medium Security Prison (NMSP), ADP. Patrick Thomas Seidu, on Thursday 18th July, 2024, organized an after school party for the five/5 inmate candidates of the NMSP who sat for the 2024 BECE. According to ADP. Seidu, the move was celebrate the inmates and...
The Communication Unit of the Prisons headquarters has organised a five-day training programme for Signal Operators of the James Camp Prison, Senior Correctional Centre and the Prisons Officers Training School. The Training began on Monday 8th July, to Friday 12th July, 2024, at the Prisons Headquarters in Accra. Participants were taken...
The head pastor of the Perez Chapel International, Tamale branch, Rev. Dr. Joshua Mogre and few Old Achimota Students of the 2001/2002 academic year group have on Friday,19th of July 2024, paid various court fines to set three convicts free from jail at the Tamale Central Prison. Rev. Dr. Mogre,...
The Ghana Football Association Foundation, on Wednesday July 10th 2024, visited the Nsawam Medium Security Prison with the aim of utilizing football to promote the well-being, welfare, reformation, rehabilitation and reintegration. This initiative in its initial phase has already engaged several Prison facilities including Akuse local Prison, Sunyani (both male...
Excerpt from the Pull-Out ceremony in honour of Mr Simon Yao Adzah, Director of Prisons in charge of Services. Excerpt from the Pull-Out ceremony in honour of Mr Simon Yao Adzah, Director of Prisons in charge of Services. Excerpt from the Pull-Out ceremony in honour of Mr Simon Yao ...
