RT Article
T1 Ghana Prison Officers’ Understanding and Practices of International Human Rights Instruments and Guidelines that Protect the Rights of Prisoners
JF The prison journal
VO 102
IS 4
SP 439
OP 457
A1 Golo, Harrison Kwame
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1813385041
AB Research on prison officers’ understanding and compliance with the international human rights instruments for the protection of prisoners’ rights and guidelines for justice administration remains scanty. Drawing on data from scenario-based interviews of 24 selected prison officers in the four largest prison facilities in Ghana, this article seeks to explore how Ghana prison officers understand and practice these instruments and guidelines that protect the rights of prisoners. Applying content analysis, the findings reveals that the overwhelming majority of officer participants in this study did not have adequate intellectual and practical understanding of these relevant instruments and guidelines.
K1 guidelines for justice administration
K1 prisoners’ rights
K1 human rights instruments
K1 Prison officers
DO 10.1177/00328855221109808