Imprisonment should be rehabilitative, not punitive – Ghana Prisons boss at UNGA

Director-General of Prisons, Mrs Patience Baffoe-Bonnie, has called for a stronger focus on rehabilitation in prison systems, saying that punishment alone is not enough.


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