Three individuals who spent 10 years in jail have been officially exonerated by the Ghana Justice Programme. According to reports, the three were arrested and detained for a decade before being set free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Ghana Justice Programme, in collaboration with the Judicial Service of Ghana, has been working to reduce prison overcrowding and promote access to justice. The program has led to the release of 12 prisoners on bail, with two others receiving medical attention at a psychiatric hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, not all cases have been resolved. Four individuals were denied bail, and two cases were put on hold. Additionally, one prisoner was charged with assault and has already served one year in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Justice Serwaa, a Court of Appeal judge, highlighted the challenges faced by the justice system, including forgotten memories and detained prisoners. She emphasized the need for swift trials to determine whether detainees should be granted bail or jailed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Ghana Justice Programme has made significant strides in reducing the number of trials in Ghanaian courts. The program’s efforts have also led to a decrease in prison overcrowding, with the remand prison population decreasing from 33% in 2007 to 12% in January 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Three Prisoners Exonerated After Serving 10 Years Term in Prison<\/p>\n
Three individuals who spent 10 years in jail have been officially exonerated by the Ghana Justice Programme. According to reports, the three were arrested and detained for a decade before being set free.<\/p>\n
The Ghana Justice Programme, in collaboration with the Judicial Service of Ghana, has been working to reduce prison overcrowding and promote access to justice. The program has led to the release of 12 prisoners on bail, with two others receiving medical attention at a psychiatric hospital.<\/p>\n
However, not all cases have been resolved. Four individuals were denied bail, and two cases were put on hold. Additionally, one prisoner was charged with assault and has already served one year in prison.<\/p>\n
Justice Serwaa, a Court of Appeal judge, highlighted the challenges faced by the justice system, including forgotten memories and detained prisoners. She emphasized the need for swift trials to determine whether detainees should be granted bail or jailed.<\/p>\n
The Ghana Justice Programme has made significant strides in reducing the number of trials in Ghanaian courts. The program’s efforts have also led to a decrease in prison overcrowding, with the remand prison population decreasing from 33% in 2007 to 12% in January 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3434,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-latest","category-local"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3430"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3435,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3430\/revisions\/3435"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}