Ghana Passes Community Service Act and Parole Regulations — What Africa’s Fastest-Moving Prison Reform Means for Electronic Monitoring
Ghana’s Parliament passed the Community Service Act, 2026 in July 2026, and the Interior Ministry simultaneously laid Parole Regulations, 2026 before the House — two pieces of legislation that together represent West Africa’s most comprehensive non-custodial sentencing reform in a generation. The laws tackle a crisis that has festered for decades: Ghana’s 43 prisons hold […]
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