Ghana Prisons Service - Accra

Mission
The Ghana Prisons Service is tasked with the safe custody of convicted persons from the courts as well as the provision of Reformation and Rehabilitation programmes for their successful resettlement into society. Our cherished values are humanity, vigilance, and fortitude.

Vision
Our vision is to transform the Ghana Prisons Service into a highly efficient correctional service, managed by a well-trained, disciplined and motivated staff.

Objectives
To protect the public by:

Holding prisoners securely
Reducing the risk of prisoners re-offending
Providing safe and well-ordered establishments in which we treat prisoners humanely, decently and lawfully.
Our Principles
In carrying out our work we:

Work in close partnership with others in the Criminal Justice System to  

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achieve a common objective
Obtain best value from the resources available to ensure effective correctional practice
Promote diversity, equality of opportunity and combat unlawful discrimination
Ensure our staff have the right leadership, organisation, support, training and preparation to carry out their work effectively.
Policies
The following are some of the policies linked to the above functions:

Execution of sentences in a humane manner to reduce recidivism (re-offending).
Offering opportunities to prisoners to develop their skills through vocational training, moral and formal education.
Encouraging public/private participation in the provision of skills training.
Improvement in the welfare of prisoners (i.e. health care, clothing, bedding, feeding, recreation, library facilities, etc.).
Protection of rights of prisoners.
Function
The core functions of the Ghana Prisons Service as spelt out in Section (1) of NRCD 46 (1972) are as follows:

Safe custody of prisoners
Welfare of prisoners.
Reformation and rehabilitation of prisoners
It shall be the duty of the Prisons Service to ensure the safe custody and welfare of prisoners and whenever practicable to undertake the Reformation and Rehabilitation of prisoners. Every prison officer shall perform such functions as are by law conferred upon a Prison Officer and shall obey all lawful orders and direction in respect of the execution of his office which he may receive from his superiors in the Prisons Service.