An ex-convict known as Blade has blown the whistle on how personnel of the Ghana Prison Service allegedly use inmates for crimes.
The ex-convict alleged that some incarcerated prisoners are secretly used to carry out crimes beyond the confines of Ghana’s prisons.
He alleged that when inmates are taken out of the prison yard for communal work, the supervising prison officer purposely selects what he described as the “four best criminals” to accompany them, while the remaining four are assigned to the work.
The ex-convict narrated that when the inmates are taken out for communal activities such as cleaning gutters or clearing weeds, the prison officer allegedly allows the “four best criminals” to go on “operations,” such as pickpocketing, theft, and other petty crimes.
He claimed that these four best criminals are given a specific time to return so that they can be taken back to the prison yard, adding that when these inmates go into town and are caught and beaten, they often find ways to convince members of the public to take them back to the prison officer, who then shields them.
The ex-convict added, “There are prison officers who are criminals themselves. When it is time to take inmates out for communal work, these officers deliberately select what they consider the ‘best criminals’ under the guise of assigning them to such duties. Once outside, they allow some of the inmates to break away and engage in criminal activities, particularly those known for pickpocketing and other forms of theft.
“The officers then instruct them to return at a specified time, after which they escort them back into the prison yard. If the inmates fail to return, it could create problems for the officers involved,” Blade alleged.
Also, Blade made wild allegations about Ghana’s prison system, revealing how incarcerated prisoners with no family ties on the outside are often released to certain individuals for various reasons, including rituals.
According to the ex-convict, Prison Officers used the inmate visitor log book to identify inmates whom they released to certain individuals for various reasons, including rituals as ‘special transfer people’.
Speaking in an interview with Kay B Media on June 12, 2026, when asked about allegations of human trafficking in the prison, Blade alleged, saying, “It is an easy thing there; a lot of inmates are there who do not receive visitors. Some inmates are there who do not know where they are, even serving their sentence. Most of the time, people from the social welfare come around for numbers, but some people do not have any contacts.
So, for that, when the government want someone for something at night, you will hear names being mentioned for transfer, but we don’t know where they are taking them. They even engage in rituals. When they open the visit book, they know inmates who receive visitors.
They can even tell you these are special transfer people. Do you know where they are taking them? Some people even take contracts to discipline inmates in prison.
In the past, when they were going to perform some rituals, weren’t it prisoiners that were taken?”, he alleged.
Meanwhile, an ex-convict has given a chilling account of how inmates in the Nsawam Prison operate.
According to the ex-convict, if 3,000 inmates are in Nsawam Prison, 2,000 have access to phones and engage in fraud.
He disclosed the hierarchy among inmates and the harsh realities of prison life, including poor living and feeding conditions.
The ex-convict also detailed that the cell leaders in prison have wives who are the cell boys with whom they engage in homosexual activities.
He further revealed that some inmates are allowed to operate illegal businesses and scam operations within the facility and pay commissions to the prison officers.
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