Ghana · Western
Tarkwa Local Prison
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Local prison in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal area, operating since 1948. Authorised capacity 150.
Capacity
150
Current population
—
Occupancy
—
Year opened
1948
Operational
Facility profile
Operator
Ghana Prisons Service
Population held
male
Opened
1948
Region
Western
Security level
Medium
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
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
Compared to other facilities in Ghana
44 peersData completeness
48%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- GPS Western Regional Command
- Ghana Prisons Service website
- Ghana Prisons Service — regional command establishment pages — Ghana Prisons Service
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.