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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...
Coded Innovation Technologies Services has today, 7th August, 2023 donated 80 computer sets, 2 projectors and 2 projector screens to the Ghana Prisons Service at the Prisons Headquarters in Accra. The presentation forms part of the scholarship secretariat to the Prisons Service in 2022 to train 1,200 officers in fundamental...
Lance corporal Edward Opoku has been promoted to the rank of a corporal for his act of bravery and rare skill in helping to recapture a prisoner who escaped at Asiwa in the Ashanti Region. Photos: Lance corporal Justice Selorm Gadri
The K9 dog units of the Prisons and Police Service on Saturday, 8th July, 2023 held the maiden edition of the K9 dog show at the Prisons Officers Training School in Accra. The trained dogs and their trainers thrilled the crowd present with skills in dog obedience, detection of fire arms,...
The Director General of Prisons has paid a courtesy call to the chief of Ejura Sekyeredumasi, Nana Antwi Boasiako II as part of his visit to Ejura in the Ashanti Region. The visit was aimed at finishing modalities for the establishment of a modern Prison facility in the township. The Director...
The Director General of Prisons, Mr. Isaac Kofi Egyir on Thursday 29th June, 2023 paid a working visit to the Kenyasi Camp Prison to interact with Officers and inspect various Farming activities practiced at the Camp Prison in the Bono Region The Director of Prisons in charge of Technical, Dr...
The European Union, under the European Union Counter Terrorism Public Spaces Project has collaborated with the Ministry of National Security to train officers from the various Security and intelligence agencies in Counter Terrorism in Ghana and Spain. 15 Prison Officers benefited from the programme by participating in course like counter...
Members of the Bono and Ahafo Regional Prison Ladies Association (PRILAS) on Friday, the 16th of June, 2023 participated in fun games at the Kenyasi Prisons canteen to socialize and foster unity among its members. The female officers drawn from the Sunyani Central Prison, Sunyani Female Prison, Duayaw Nkwanta Camp...
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime has donated 5 sets of computers to the Prisons Service as part of a three (3) year project aimed at strengthening the compliance of the Ghana Prisons Service with the Nelson Mandala Rules. The computers which were presented yesterday, Wednesday 14th June,...
The Director of Prisons (DOP) in charge of Welfare Mrs. Joana Fofo Tackie-Otoo has been adjudged the Outstanding Prisons Service female Personnel, Security Service Category at the Ghana Women Awards. The ceremony took place recently at the International Conference Centre in Accra. The theme for this year’s Awards was ‘Celebrating...
