Number of prisoners on remand in Ghana 2001-2025

Published by
Doris Dokua Sasu,
Apr 15, 2025

As of 2025, 1,465 people in Ghanaian prisons were remanded in custody. In 2005, an estimated 3,600 prisoners awaited trial while serving in prisons in Ghana. The country had a total average of 200 female prisoners in 2025.

Number of prisoners awaiting trial in Ghana from 2001 to 2025

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April 2025

Region

Africa, Ghana

Survey time period

2001 to 2025

Supplementary notes

* Data as of September, 2021.
** As of December 22, 2023.
*** As of February 14, 2024.

The release date is the date the data was accessed.

Figures for 2001 and 2010 are approximate figures.

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