He was appointed by President John Dramani Mahama as the director general of the Ghana Prisons Service.
[1] Emmanuel Adzator had his second cycle education at Kpando Secondary School.
Emmanuel Adzator was enlisted into the Ghana Prisons Service in April 1989.
Whiles at the service he had several training in the corrections system including Correctional Reforms, Re-Entry and Reintegration at Joyfields Training Institute in Las Vegas, Nevada and Advanced Prisons Management, from the Galilee Management Institute, Israel.
Prior to his appointment, he was the Deputy Director General of Prisons in charge of Finance and Administration.