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Ghana
Capital city —
Accra
Country population
28,230,000
i
2017
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
49
i
2017
/
ICPR
Type of government
Republic with presidential regime
Human Development Index
0.579
i
2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of the Interior
Total number of incarcerated people
13,764
i
2017
/
ICPR
Prison density
139 %
i
2017
/
ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
43
i
2017
An NPM has been established
No
But OPCAT ratifie…
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
1.2 %
i
2017
/
ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
No, but abolitionist in practice
No execution sinc…
+
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Year
2018
2024
2021
2020
2018
Introduction
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Prison population
Organisation
Prison facilities
Safeguards
National Preventive Mechanisms and other external control bodies
Special populations
Women
People sentenced to death
Foreign nationals
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Safeguards
National Preventive Mechanisms and other external control bodies
An NPM has been established
No
But OPCAT ratified in 2016
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