Prisons
21-year court battle over TB in prisons ends in R1-million payout
Most of the payout is interest calculated from when state’s liability for TB contraction in prisons was established in 2012
Law | 30 June 2026
Government to pay back at least R1.7-million to company running “Thabo Bester prison”
Prisons commissioner had no right to take control of Mangaung Correctional Centre, court rules
Law | 16 June 2026
Lesotho’s prisons in bad shape despite years of recommendations
Tuberculosis, scabies and pellagra are spreading in the country’s severely overcrowded prisons
News | 24 April 2026
Lesotho to release hundreds of prisoners to reduce overcrowding
The government says it is busy implementing recommendations made 22 years ago by the Judge White Commission into prison conditions
News | 24 November 2025
Unsentenced detainees spending years in prison
New legal amendments seek to address prison overcrowding crisis
By Liezl Human
News | 19 November 2025
Transgender prisoner wins right to hormone therapy
The court found the Department of Correctional Services had violated her rights by refusing hormonal treatment as “cosmetic medication”
Law | 11 November 2025
South Africans caught in Nepal prison fires
13,500 inmates escaped from prisons during riots last week
Brief | 16 September 2025
Medical parole system is failing dying prisoners
Terminally ill inmates have died behind bars because the parole process is cumbersome, expensive and inconsistent between prisons
By Elna Schütz
News | 26 August 2025
Model prisoner sues minister for contempt of court after 22 years behind bars without parole
Tebogo Modise was recommended for parole in 2019 but remains in prison despite a court order demanding reasons for his continued incarceration
News | 6 August 2025