Ghana

Capital city — Accra

Country population
31,072,945
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2020
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential D…
Human Development Index
0.611
(138/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
2.1
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of the Interior
Total number of prisoners
13,200
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24/06/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
42
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06/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
133 %
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24/06/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
43
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
1.2 %
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07/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.9 %
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06/2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Untried prisoners
11.6 %
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24/06/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no, but abolitionist in practice
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Special populations

Female prisoners

1.2 %

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07/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarcerated minors

0.9 %

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06/2015

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

11.6 %

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24/06/2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty is abolished

no, but abolitionist in practice

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