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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...
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...
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...
The Deputy-Director General in charge of operations, Mr. Sylvester K. Badu Rabbles in accordance with the tradition of the Ghana Prison Service, was memorably pulled out after decades of hard work, dedication and innovativeness to the Prison Service and mother Ghana. The flagship and highly attended ceremony was held at the Prison church, cantonment...
SPO.250, Director of Prisons, Mr. Leopold Kwame Amoah Ansah was pulled out successfully as per the tradition of the Ghana Prisons Service. The event which was characterized by COVID-19 safety Protocols was held at the Prisons Headquarters in Accra. DOP. Leopold Kwame Ansah was enlisted into the Prisons Service in May, 1985 as a...
The Prisons Service has intensified its “Clean Ghana Campaign” to clear all major streets and highways within the capital of filth. The exercise which commenced a year ago, received sterling remarks from the general public until it was temporarily put on hold in March 2020 by the Prisons Authority to observe the partial lockdown...
Mobile phones have for at least, the past two decades, become indispensable companions in our daily lives. They come in handy in diverse circumstances and have undoubtedly become tools for social cohesion today. Communications in all forms are facilitated by mobile phones; voice and video calls, text messages and various...
President John Mahama, acting on the advice of the Prisons Service Council, has approved of the promotion of 17 Superior Officers of the Ghana Prisons Service. The promotions take effect from January 1, 2015. A statement signed by DSP Vitalis A-Iyeh, Chief Public Relations Officer, said Deputy Director of Prisons...
Participation of corrections officers in the United Nations Peacekeeping Operations began in 2003. Currently, there are 25 countries that send corrections officers to UN Missions either as permanent or seconded staff. Deployment of personnel of the Ghana Prisons Service started in 2004 with the first batch of three/3 superior...
A 13-member Council for the Ghana Prisons Service has been inaugurated to assist in its smooth running. The members included three nominees by the President namely; Pastor Stephen Wengam of the Assemblies of God Church, who chairs the Council, Mr Solomon Appiah and Nana Baffour Okumanin.Other members are; Mr Mark...
