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Communicable Disease Prison

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Specialised prison for inmates with infectious diseases, established 1948, autonomous since 1983. Authorised capacity 90.

Capacity

90

Current population

—

Occupancy

—

Year opened

1948

Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 6 Jul 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Population held

male

Opened

1948

Region

Central

Security level

—

Death-row facility

No

Conditions

s, ensuring good administrative practices and combating corruption; in the midst of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic and its accompanying fear, lockdown and restrictions. The Commission made progress in investigating and resolving complaints within all its three mandates. The implications of the COVID-19 on the political, civil, economic, social, and cultural rights of the citizenry and other persons living in Ghana were enormous. However, the Commission took steps to ameliorate some of these effects by issuing advisories to relevant institutions such as the Electoral Commission and the National Identification Authority to comply with the COVID-19 protocols in the registration and electioneering exercises. The Security agencies were also cautioned on the handling of citizens in the enforcement of the COVID-19 restrictions. The Commission further instituted nationwide sensitization programmes on anti- stigmatization and non-discrimination of COVID-19 victims. This contributed to promoting public confidence and encouraging support for victims in the communities.

Visiting

No visiting information available.

Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.

Known issues

No major issues documented in our database.

Contact & address

Official site

Conditions Risk Score

Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated

1/100
Low concern1/100
Overcrowding
0/30
Oversight reports
1/30
Structural flags
0/15
Death signals
0/15
Conditions text
0/10

What the score is responding to:

  • · 1 oversight report in the last 5 years

This facility scores 1. The national average across 45 scored Ghana facilities is 15 — 14 points below national average.

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Compared to other facilities in Ghana

44 peers
Capacity (beds)this: 90 · peers avg: 256 (65%)

Reports

  • NPM-gh-chraj1 Jan 2025

    s, ensuring good administrative practices and combating corruption; in the midst of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic and its accompanying fear, lockdown and restrictions. The Commission made progress in investigating and resolving complaints within all its three mandates. The implications of the COVID-19 on the political, civil, economic, social, and cultural rights of the citizenry and other persons living in Ghana were enormous. However, the Commission took steps to ameliorate some of these effects by issuing advisories to relevant institutions such as the Electoral Commission and the National Identification Authority to comply with the COVID-19 protocols in the registration and electioneering exercises. The Security agencies were also cautioned on the handling of citizens in the enforcement of the COVID-19 restrictions. The Commission further instituted nationwide sensitization programmes on anti- stigmatization and non-discrimination of COVID-19 victims. This contributed to promoting public confidence and encouraging support for victims in the communities.

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Data completeness

50%

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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Communicable Disease Prison. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/communicable-disease-prison
Chicago
"Communicable Disease Prison." World Prisons. Accessed November 3, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/communicable-disease-prison.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-communicable-disease-prison,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Communicable Disease Prison},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/communicable-disease-prison},
  urldate = {2026-11-03}
}