Prisons
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
Fight for release of report on alleged prison torture
Security company wants report to be redacted if it is to be released
By Elna Schütz
Brief | 2 December 2019
Inmate alleging torture at Leeuwkop disputes psychiatrist’s report
The court case will resume on 11 May 2020
By Zoë Postman
News | 15 November 2019
Prisoner alleging torture at Leeuwkop sticks to his story under cross-examiniation
“What I’m telling the court today is what happened”
By Zoë Postman
News | 14 November 2019
Leeuwkop prisoner says officials gave him electric shocks in showers
“You feel like you can die”
By Zoë Postman
News | 12 November 2019