Ghana Prisons Service- About Us -

Ghana Prisons Service- About Us

Mission

The Ghana Prisons Service is tasked with the safe custody of convicted persons from the courts as well as the provision of Reformation and Rehabilitation programmes for their successful resettlement into society. Our cherished values are humanity, vigilance and fortitude.

Vision

Our vision is to transform the Ghana Prisons Service into a highly efficient correctional service, managed by a well-trained, disciplined and motivated staff .

Objectives

To protect the public by:

Our Principles

In carrying out our work we:

Work in close partnership with others in the Criminal Justice System to achieve a common objective
Obtain best value from the resources available to ensure effective correctional practice
Promote diversity, equality of opportunity and combat unlawful discrimination
Ensure our staff have the right leadership, organisation, support, training and preparation to carry out their work effectively.

Policies

The following are some of the policies linked to the above functions:

Execution of sentences in a humane manner to reduce recidivism (re-offending).
Offering opportunities to prisoners to develop their skills through vocational training, moral and formal education.
Encouraging public/private participation in the provision of skills training.
Improvement in the welfare of prisoners (i.e. health care, clothing, bedding, feeding, recreation, library facilities, etc.).
Protection of rights of prisoners.

Function

The core functions of the Ghana Prisons Service as spelt out in Section (1) of NRCD 46 (1972) are as follows:

Safe custody of prisoners
Welfare of prisoners.
Reformation and rehabilitation of prisoners

It shall be the duty of the Prisons Service to ensure the safe custody and welfare of prisoners and whenever practicable to undertake the Reformation and Rehabilitation of prisoners. Every prison officer shall perform such functions as are by law conferred upon a Prison Officer and shall obey all lawful orders and direction in respect of the execution of his office which he may receive from his superiors in the Prisons Service.