Asia
Iran prisons chief apologises over leaked videos of Evin abuse
On Tuesday, Mr Haj-Mohammadi apologised publicly to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the country for the abuses seen in the videos.
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Opinion
To Plead Or Not To Plead Guilty? An Appraisal of Plea Bargaining In Ghana.
The article appraises plea bargaining in Ghana, focusing on its development under the Criminal and Other Offences Procedure Amendment Act 2022, Act 1079. It explains the types of plea bargaining, its historical context, and its implications...
Gloria Teye
General
Mentally challenged prisoners to receive psychosocial, art therapy
The initiative is spearheaded by the Crime Check Foundation (CCF), a non-governmental organization, in partnership with the Ghana Prisons Service (GPS) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
DL News
General
Prison Service Act obsolete: New one in the offing
“Criminal activities are on the upsurge with increasing sophistication in the modes of committing a crime. Therefore, it is imperative to constantly ensure that the key preventive state agencies and other players in the criminal justice sys...
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General
Your research findings are heavily challenged – IGP responds to CHRAJ, GSS, UNODC survey
"From the foregoing, it is our considered view that the research and its findings are heavily challenged and corrupted from both the academics and practice point of view."
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Courts
Establish system for inmates to commission affidavits-Lawyer pushes for reform
In a letter addressed to the Director General of the Ghana Prisons Service and copied to the Acting Chief Justice, Dr. Asamoah appealed for systems to be instituted within correctional facilities that would allow inmates to swear affidavits...
Crime
Agradaa not eligible for presidential amnesty – Prisons Service clarifies
Chief Superintendent Abdul Latif, Public Relations Officer of the Service, explained that Agradaa is ineligible because she has not served half of her 15-year prison term — a mandatory condition for consideration under the amnesty scheme.
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Crime
Pass Community Sentencing bill to ease prison crisis-ACHPR urges Ghana
The Commission’s remarks followed a promotion mission to Ghana from September 29 to October 2, 2025. Among its key findings was severe overcrowding in prisons, with Nsawam Medium Security Prison housing 3,496 inmates—more than three times i...
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US
US actor & rapper Kaalan Walker sentenced 50 years to life in prison for raping multiple women
Kaalan Walker was sentenced to 50 years to life in prison for sex-related charges involving women and minors going back to 2013.
New York Post
Supreme Court News
Ghana Police Service asks Supreme Court to overturn promotion victory of 40 Chief Inspectors
The appeal targets the January 2026 judgment in which the Court of Appeal directed the Police Service to promote the officers and pay them consequential benefits from the date they ought to have advanced, with implementation to be completed...
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US
Two Ghanaians jailed for internet fraud, money laundering by US court
The individuals convicted are 34-year-old Wigbert Bandie, originally from a village in Northwestern Ghana, and 30-year-old Adam Khadijah, from Bole in Ghana's Savanna Region.
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Courts
Canadian girls’ case: Four kidnappers convicted, sentenced to 40 years in prison
On June 4, 2019, a gang accosted two Canadian ladies, who had hired the services of an Uber ride at their hostel at Nhyiaeso, a suburb of Kumasi, assaulted them and forced them into a vehicle amid shooting.
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General
Institutionalize in-prison paralegal program - CJ
The POS Foundation, an NGO, and its partners have partnered with the government through the “Justice for all program” from 2007 to 2020, to get 18.60% of prisoners discharged, and some 35.40% granted bail.
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Courts
Tamale Circuit Court sentences five to various fines for drug offences
The offenders—Iddrisu Fidaws, Alhassan Wumpini, Bassit Iddrisu, Alhassan Adam, and Haruna Mohammed Sadais—were apprehended by police on March 5, 2025, during a routine patrol operation in Tamale.
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Crime
Ghanaian man sentenced in US for online fraud scheme
On November 26, 2024, U.S. District Judge Thomas A. Varlan in Knoxville, Tennessee, handed down a 63-month prison sentence to the 34-year-old.
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Europe
Parents of teenager who shot dead four classmates in the US jailed for manslaughter
The Crumbleys are the first parents to be convicted of manslaughter in a child's school shooting. Their son Ethan is serving life in prison for murder after killing four students at Oxford High School, near Detroit in Michigan, in November...
Sky News
Africa
Zimbabwe court sentences opposition leader for insulting Russian businesswoman
Magistrate Vongai Guwuriro ruled that Tendai Biti, a former Zimbabwean finance minister, must pay the fine or go to prison, ending a four-year legal battle between Biti and Tatiana Aleshina, who court papers said was a Russian investor.
VOA Africa
Tech
Trevor Milton sentenced to prison after fraud conviction
Trevor Milton, who led Nikola Corporation, was convicted of fraud last year after a jury found he had lied persistently about the company.
BBC
Europe
US: Man who wrongly spent 16 years in prison shot dead by police officer
Leonard Allen Cure, 53, died on Monday after a police deputy pulled him over.
Sky News
Africa
Rwanda plans to introduce virtual visits in prisons
This technological advancement aims to revolutionise the conventional prison system by introducing virtual visitations, enabling inmates to connect with their loved ones through digital platforms.
New Times