court judge, 8 Circuit court judges and 2 professional magistrates. Eighteen (18) career magistrates were further appointed to enhance the rule of law and justice. The Northern region, with 3 judges and 3 magistrates, had the highest ratio of judges & magistrates to population of 1:189,889 whilst the Greater Accra region, with 94 judges and 23 magistrates, had the lowest ratio of 1:33,416 (Table 2.7). Table 2.7: Ratio of judges/magistrates to population Regions Judges Magistrates Total Population Ratio of (2000 J&M to Census)* population* Upper East 3 3 6 1,031,478 1:171,913 Upper West 2 4 6 677,763 1:112,960 Northern 6 7 13 2,468,557 1:189,889 Brong Ahafo 11 17 28 2,282,128 1:81,504 Ashanti 25 21 46 4,725,046 1:102,718 Eastern 14 22 36 2,596,013 1:72,111 Volta 11 14 25 2,099,876 1:83,995 Greater Accra 94 23 117 3,909,764 1:33,416 Central 11 14 25 2,107,209 1:84,288 Western 11 19 30 2,325,597 1:77,519 Ghana 188 144 332 24,223,431 1:72,962 Source: Judicial Service, 2012(* calculation based on provisional results from GSS) 2.11.2 Facilities for dispensing justice Though the available physical facilities for dispensing justice remained inadequate, 57.2 percent of male respondents and 64.2 percent of female respondents indicated in the 2011 District Governance Assessment survey that they were satisfied with the justice system. Indeed, only 25.3 percent of male respondents and 29.2 percent of female respondents cited geographical access as an obstacle to receiving justice. Table 2.8 lists the available facilities and their locations. Table 2.8: Justice facilities available and their location Type of facility Supreme Court Appeals Court No. available 1 3 Where located Accra (Greater Accra) Accra, Kumasi, Cape Coast Sixth Annual APRM Progress Report: January – December 2011 24