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Prioritise non-custodial sentencing

In UpdatesPosted 12 June, 2021

Speakers at a roundtable discussion on sentencing in the country’s  Criminal Justice System have called on judges to prioritise  the option of non-custodial sentencing that exist under the 1992 Constitution...

Tags: detention, Ghana, Petty Offences, prison overcrowding
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African Court’s Landmark Opinion Could Reduce Criminalization of Poverty, Prison Overcrowding

In UpdatesPosted 7 December, 2020

All Africa Open Society Foundations (New York)'s Press Release 4 December 2020 Today, a continental court in Africa delivered a landmark opinion on colonial era vagrancy laws, which criminalize activities...

Tags: African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights, colonial era vagrancy laws, loitering, marginalized population, prison overcrowding
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