Autorentext

Lilian Ayete-Nyampong is Director of Research at Ghana's Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice. Blending academic and practitioner expertise, her PhD explored the ways in which everyday lived experiences intersect with the implementation of law.

Klappentext

This book presents a rare ethnographic account of young people's experiences within Ghana's custodial and correctional institutions. From an actor-oriented perspective and grounded in fieldwork and interviews, it uncovers how juvenile and young offenders navigate and resist the corrective intentions of these centres. While such institutions formally promote rehabilitation through structured programmes, the book highlights a disconnect between these aims and confinement realities. It calls for a rethinking of both theory and practice to better reflect the lived experiences of incarcerated youth.

Essential for scholars of juvenile justice, criminology, and confinement ethnography, particularly in African and Global South contexts.