The about 150 condemned prisoners have already served in solitary confinement between 10 and 20 years. It is mostly employed as a form of punishment beyond incarceration for a prisoner, usually for violations of prison regulations. He told the Daily Graphic that he had been in solitary confinement for the past 10 years on the charge of murder. The second in command at the Nsawam Prison, Assistant Director of Prisons Mr Samuel Owusu Amponsah, said 100 acres of farm had been cultivated this year. The Nsawam Prison, built around 1960 to accommodate about 120 inmates, currently holds about 3,000 prisoners.

Source: GhanaWeb March 13, 2018 09:00 UTC