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Many Die in Prison

UN Integrated Regional Information Networks - September 8, 2001


A total of 106 inmates died last year of various diseases in Ghana's prisons, according to the 2000 Annual Report of the Ghana Prisons Service, quoted by local media.

HIV was the biggest killer, claiming 20 lives, followed by other ailments including diarrhoea, pneumonia, anaemia, hypertension and asthma. The report said inadequate state funding had caused prison conditions to deteriorate in recent years.
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