Ghana · Northern
Yendi Local Prison
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Founded in 1890, one of the oldest prisons in Ghana. Agricultural programmes. Authorised capacity ~56.
Capacity
56
Current population
64
Occupancy
114%
Year opened
1890
Operational
Facility profile
Operator
Ghana Prisons Service
Population held
male
Opened
1890
Region
Northern
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
- Overcrowding
- 5/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Operating at 114% of design capacity
Compared to other facilities in Ghana
44 peersHigher risk than 42% of peer facilities in Ghana.
Data completeness
54%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- GPS Northern Regional Command
- Ghana Prisons Service website
- Ghana Prisons Service — regional command establishment pages — Ghana Prisons Service
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.