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GHANA PRISONS SERVICE LAUNCHES A TRAINING PROGRAMME ON INSURANCE LITERACY FOR OFFICERS

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...

GHANA COMMEMORATES 28TH FEBRUARY CROSSROAD SHOOTING

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...

DGP ISAAC EGYIR HONOURED WITH GHANA LEADERSHIP AWARDS

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...

AVOID EXAMINATION MALPRACTICES-DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF PRISONS

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...

PRISON EDUCATION-THE WAY TO GO

“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...

EDUCATING GHANA’S IMPRISONED: A PATHWAY TO REMAIN OUT OF JAIL

Imprisonment, in recent times, has moved from the era of human warehousing to that which seeks to correct the offending behaviour of offenders. The shift in focus, undoubtedly, requires from the Ghana Prisons Service newer treatment modules which focus on filling behavioural and intellectual gaps of offenders to empower them for fruitful and law...

RECRUIT COURSE 112 PASS OUT

By: Kwasi Arhin, UPSA intern Honourable Ambrose Dery inspecting parade Four hundred and twenty-three (423) recruit officers of the Ghana Prisons Service have passed out as Second Class Officers to begin their roles as Prisons officers to ensure the safe custody, welfare, reformation and rehabilitation of offenders. The recruit course, which is the...

RECRUIT COURSE 113 PASS OUT

Four hundred and ninety-one (491) recruit officers of the Ghana Prisons Service have passed out as Second Class Officers to begin their roles as Prisons officers to ensure the safe custody, welfare, reformation and rehabilitation of offenders. The recruit course, which is the 113th of the Service, comprised three hundred and twenty six (326) men...

RECRUIT COURSE 114 PASS OUT

Four Hundred and seventy-six (476) recruit officers of the Ghana Prisons Service have passed out at the Prison Officers Training School as Second Class Officers to begin their career as Correction Officers. Addressing the course participants at a brief closing ceremony, the Deputy Director General in charge of Administration and Finance Mrs. Josephine Fredua Agyemang commended...

PRISONS, MILITARY AND ZOOMLION CLEAN ACCRA AMID COVID-19

BY: ASP Samuel kofi Ofori In April, 2020 personnel from the Military, Prisons and Zoomlion Company Limited with support from the Sanitation Ministry and Accra Metropolitan Assembly tackled the filth at some major roads and markets in the capital. The cleanup exercise which lasted for a week was characterized by all COVID-19 safety protocols and was...