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0 The Director-General of the Ghana Prisons Service, Patience Baffoe-Bonnie Esq., has called for stronger collaboration between the judiciary and the Prisons Service to improve sentencing outcomes, rehabilitation, and the overall administration of justice.
She made the call at a special lecture for Circuit Court Judges at the Law Court Complex in Accra on Thursday, February 5, 2026, themed “When the Gavel Falls.”
The lecture examined the mandate of the Ghana Prisons Service and the legal frameworks governing correctional services in the country.
Mrs. Baffoe-Bonnie urged judges to regularly visit prison facilities to gain firsthand understanding of inmate conditions, operational challenges, and ongoing rehabilitation efforts, stressing that such exposure would support more informed judicial decisions.
She highlighted key reform initiatives being rolled out by the Service, including the Prison Improvement and Sustainability Pesewa Fund (PISPES) and the Think Prisons 360 Degrees Initiative, a comprehensive reform programme aimed at transforming the prison system.
According to her, the Think Prisons 360 Degrees Initiative focuses on improving the welfare of officers and inmates, promoting agricultural mechanisation, driving industrialisation within prisons, creating business and wealth opportunities, and implementing special interventions to support rehabilitation and reintegration.
The Prisons Service, she noted, cannot achieve its reform agenda without effective cooperation from the Judiciary, noting that strong institutional collaboration is essential for efficient justice delivery and effective correctional management.
