Ghana

Capital city — Accra

Country population
28,230,000
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2017
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
49
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2017
/ ICPR
Type of government
Republic with presidential regime
Human Development Index
0.579
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2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of the Interior
Total number of incarcerated people
13,764
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2017
/ ICPR
Prison density
139 %
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2017
/ ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
43
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2017
An NPM has been established
No
But OPCAT ratifie…
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
1.2 %
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2017
/ ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
No, but abolitionist in practice
No execution sinc…

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Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of incarcerated women

1.2 % (168)

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2017

/ ICPR

People sentenced to death

The death penalty is abolished

No, but abolitionist in practice

No execution since 1993.

Number of death sentences

17

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2016

/ Peinedemort.org

Foreign nationals

Number and percentage of foreign nationals in prison

7.2 %

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2017

/ ICPR