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The Prisons Directorate, led by the Director-General of Prisons, Mr. Isaac Kofi Egyir, has paid a courtesy call on the National Chief Imam, His Eminence, Sheikh Dr. Osman Nuhu Sharabutu at his residence in Fadama, Accra. The call which happens to be the first to the Chief Imam since...
The Director-General of the Narcotic Control Commission, Mr. Kenneth Adu-Amanfoh, together with some members of the commission paid a courtesy call on the Director-General of the Prisons Service, Mr. Isaac Kofi Egyir at the Prisons Headquarters, yesterday in Accra. Acoording to Mr. Adu-Amanfoh, the visit was to formally introduce...
The Director-General of Prisons, Mr. Isaac Kofi Egyir has paid a courtesy call on His Grace, Archbishop John Bonaventure Kwofie, the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Accra archdiocese of the Catholic Church, at his residence in Accra. The call which happens to be the first to the Archdiocese since Mr. Isaac...
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...
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...
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...
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...
“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...
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...
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...
