Death in Detention: Suspected Killings in Ghana’s Police Custody [Part One]

Police custody should be a sanctuary for suspects – yet deaths continue to occur behind its doors. How many people have died in police custody in Ghana from 2020 to 2025? The Fourth Estate sent a Right to Information request to the Ghana Police Service seeking answers. When we received no response after three months, we began digging for answers ourselves.


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