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Sanitation, Overcrowding, and Infectious Disease Risk in African Correctional Facilities: A Case Study of Ghanaian Prisons

Author(s) Kofi Acquah
Country United States
Abstract A lot of correctional institutions in most African countries have many public health and infrastructural issues that negatively affect inmates' health. These issues include overcrowding, poor sanitation, lack of adequate healthcare provision, unsafe water sources, poor nutrition, unhygienic environment, among others, increasing prisoners' susceptibility to infections. This paper explores the effects of sanitation and overcrowding on infectious diseases in Ghanaian prisons through a qualitative case study design utilizing secondary data.From the results, one can see that overcrowding, poor ventilation, contamination by water, inadequate toilets, ineffective waste disposal systems, lack of preventive measures, and poor prison hygiene all play a critical role in increasing the likelihood of contracting infectious diseases like tuberculosis, cholera, pneumonia, hepatitis, gastroenteritis, and skin conditions. The infrastructural issues in prisons such as inadequate financial support from the government, old correctional facilities, and lack of healthcare services exacerbate prison health conditions .In addition to being concerned about public health implications of the problem discussed above, the article mentions other groups at risk for contracting infections due to the poor sanitary conditions prevailing inside prisons – for example, the prison warders, visitors, and released prisoners themselves as well as their families who live in the community around the correctional facility .In this way, the paper suggests ways of dealing with prison overcrowding and sanitation problems as a means of ensuring the health and human rights of prisoners, as well as public health in the country in question.
Keywords Sanitation; Overcrowding; Infectious Diseases; Ghanaian Prisons; Correctional Facilities; Public Health; Prison Health; Environmental Health; Disease Transmission; African Correctional Systems
Field Sociology
Published In Volume 8, Issue 3, May-June 2026
Published On 2026-06-04
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i03.79315
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