Prisons
Covid-19: Government starts large prisoner release
About 19,000 low-risk offenders may qualify
By Zoë Postman
Brief | 8 May 2020
Covid-19: Call for Minister to release prisoners
“There is every reason to fear that the virus may spread more fearsomely within our correctional system, and soon”
By Zoë Postman
Brief | 24 April 2020
Covid-19 and the perils of over-incarceration
Inspecting judge calls for prisoner releases
Opinion | 24 April 2020
Covid-19: Prison inmates are in immediate danger
Picture 70 to 100 people in a room that is 8x24 square metres
Analysis | 21 April 2020
Concourt asked to strengthen independence of prisons inspectorate
Sonke Gender Justice asks judges to declare part of Correctional Services Act unconstitutional
By Zoë Postman
Brief | 4 March 2020
Official report into Bloemfontein prison reveals mistreatment of inmates
Report released after a long legal battle
By Elna Schütz
News | 3 March 2020
Our prisons are failing. They need to become correctional facilities
Our policies have become more punitive, yet our crime rate continues going up
Opinion | 3 March 2020
Prison officials explain Ramaphosa’s decision to reduce sentences
Officials ask Dunoon residents to accept ex-convicts back into society, as nearly 900 released from Pollsmoor
News | 17 February 2020
Report on prison torture allegations ordered to be released
Refusal by government to provide it was “unlawful and invalid” says judge
By Elna Schütz
Law | 7 February 2020