The Angel-Zoe Foundation (AZF) is a non-governmental organization, which was setup with the objective of reaching out to women and young people in prison and to help rehabilitate and properly re-integrate them into society after their discharge. It also seeks to provide services to poverty-ridden and crime-prone communities in rural and peri-urban areas in Ghana aimed at preventing the perpetration of crime. The Foundation was setup in 2007 to address the ever increasing rate of crime in the Ghanaian society

Crime is increasing in Ghana and creating a sense of insecurity as citizens are facing the highest robbery rates in seven years. Crime has no age limit and the number of youth breaking laws is increasing. There are 268 juveniles in Senior Correctional Centers, and a total of 15,203 adults incarcerated across Ghana. Consequently, the socio-economic inequalities and lack of access to opportunities for women and youth remain steady and result in their participation in criminal activity. The rate of crime is still detrimental to Ghana’s development.