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Sunyani Female Prison

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Female prison established 1994; the only female facility serving the Bono, Bono East and Ahafo regions.

Capacity

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Current population

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Occupancy

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Year opened

1994

Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 6 Jul 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Population held

female

Opened

1994

Region

Brong Ahafo

Security level

Medium

Death-row facility

No

Conditions

cutive, Jaman South Assembly, the Brong Ahafo Regional Minister, the th Army Commander, 4 Battalion Sunyani, the Inspector General of Police and Symphony Limited etc. The letter states in part as follows: We the undersigned/thumprinted Chiefs and Elders, Assembly members, Opinion leaders and the entire citizenry of Baabianeha deeply regret to inform you and take note that the town Baabianeha is not under the Japekrom Traditional Council. th paragraph of your letter dated 7 February 2017 on the subject matter. It is worthy of note that since the settlement of our fathers at Baabianeha and up to date the town and her people have been under Drobo Council and Not Japekrom Traditional.From time immemorial, farming activities have been the mainstay of the people of Baabianeha. We believe that any attempt at interfering with the activities of our farmers on the land will render our people impoverished with its other unpleasant consequences very likely to affect our future generation as being experienced in the country now. Any attempt at carrying out any of the above activities will be vehemently resisted by the youth and the entire people. Please let peace reign (emphasis supplied). they can't comply with the directives of Japekrom Omanhene since there is an impending Case at Sunyani High Court. 2. One of the elders made it known to us that the Government especially the Minister of lands and Natural Resources; Hon. John Peter Amewu has directed all mining activities to cease [...]

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Mailing

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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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Reports

  • NPM-gh-chraj1 Jan 2025

    cutive, Jaman South Assembly, the Brong Ahafo Regional Minister, the th Army Commander, 4 Battalion Sunyani, the Inspector General of Police and Symphony Limited etc. The letter states in part as follows: We the undersigned/thumprinted Chiefs and Elders, Assembly members, Opinion leaders and the entire citizenry of Baabianeha deeply regret to inform you and take note that the town Baabianeha is not under the Japekrom Traditional Council. th paragraph of your letter dated 7 February 2017 on the subject matter. It is worthy of note that since the settlement of our fathers at Baabianeha and up to date the town and her people have been under Drobo Council and Not Japekrom Traditional.From time immemorial, farming activities have been the mainstay of the people of Baabianeha. We believe that any attempt at interfering with the activities of our farmers on the land will render our people impoverished with its other unpleasant consequences very likely to affect our future generation as being experienced in the country now. Any attempt at carrying out any of the above activities will be vehemently resisted by the youth and the entire people. Please let peace reign (emphasis supplied). they can't comply with the directives of Japekrom Omanhene since there is an impending Case at Sunyani High Court. 2. One of the elders made it known to us that the Government especially the Minister of lands and Natural Resources; Hon. John Peter Amewu has directed all mining activities to cease [...]

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Data completeness

52%

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@misc{worldprisons-sunyani-female-prison,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Sunyani Female Prison},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/sunyani-female-prison},
  urldate = {2026-10-30}
}