Ghana · Greater Accra
Prisons Officers' Training School
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Training academy for Ghana Prisons Service officers, established September 1947.
Capacity
—
Current population
—
Occupancy
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Year opened
1947
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 6 Jul 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
Ghana Prisons ServicePopulation held
male
Opened
1947
Region
Greater Accra
Security level
—
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
nistry of Health, Accra Psychiatric Hospital, Department of Social Welfare, the Police Service, the Prisons Service, National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) and the Media for supporting us in monitoring human rights across the country. We would also like to thank DANIDA in providing the much needed funding support for the Commission’s work towards advancing human rights in the country. 4 See the 2011 United Nations Children’s Fund ( UNIFEF) report on “Situation Analysis of Ghanaian Children and Women” indicates, among other things, that nearly half a million children were not enrolled despite the implementation of the Free Compulsory Universal Basic Education. The delivery and expansion of quality education remains a profound challenge, notwithstanding important initiatives such as the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) and the Capitation Grant by the Government. Lack of trained teachers in public schools contributes to the poor quality of education at the basic school level. Less than 60% of primary school teachers have had proper professional training, but 2 the districts had only 37 per cent of trained teachers. According to the results of the monitoring exercises over the five (5) year period, a large number of schools especially basic schools in rural communities lack adequate teaching and learning materials, notwithstanding the Free Compulsory Universal Basic Education policy of the government. The continuous existence of non-school going [...]
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
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- 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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Reports
- NPM-gh-chraj1 Jan 2025
nistry of Health, Accra Psychiatric Hospital, Department of Social Welfare, the Police Service, the Prisons Service, National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) and the Media for supporting us in monitoring human rights across the country. We would also like to thank DANIDA in providing the much needed funding support for the Commission’s work towards advancing human rights in the country. 4 See the 2011 United Nations Children’s Fund ( UNIFEF) report on “Situation Analysis of Ghanaian Children and Women” indicates, among other things, that nearly half a million children were not enrolled despite the implementation of the Free Compulsory Universal Basic Education. The delivery and expansion of quality education remains a profound challenge, notwithstanding important initiatives such as the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) and the Capitation Grant by the Government. Lack of trained teachers in public schools contributes to the poor quality of education at the basic school level. Less than 60% of primary school teachers have had proper professional training, but 2 the districts had only 37 per cent of trained teachers. According to the results of the monitoring exercises over the five (5) year period, a large number of schools especially basic schools in rural communities lack adequate teaching and learning materials, notwithstanding the Free Compulsory Universal Basic Education policy of the government. The continuous existence of non-school going [...]
Data completeness
44%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- GPS Greater Accra Regional Command
- Ghana Prisons Service website
- Ghana Prisons Service — regional command establishment pages — Ghana Prisons Service
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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World Prisons. (2026). Prisons Officers' Training School. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/prisons-officers-training-school
"Prisons Officers' Training School." World Prisons. Accessed November 2, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/prisons-officers-training-school.
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