Prisons
Officials apologise for preventing prisoner from signing court papers
Mbalenhle Ntulii wants a laptop so he can study
By Zoë Postman
News | 17 July 2019
Prisoner denied access to laptop for studies takes authorities to court
Correctional services say his computer is a security risk
By Zoë Postman
News | 20 June 2019
Call to bolster independence of prisons watchdog
“A watchdog body which is understaffed and unable to do what it’s meant to do”
Law | 7 June 2019
Garden for psychiatric patients struggles to find funding
Lentegeur Market Garden may not make it through the year
By Kristine Liao and Katherine Liu
News | 21 May 2019
Prisoner alleges beatings at Westville
“They cannot do worse to me than they already have” says inmate
News | 27 March 2019
Joburg prisoners claim department is violating court’s order to feed them properly
Correctional Services says it has complied with the order and denies any wrongdoing
By Ciaran Ryan
Law | 28 January 2019
Samuel Nndwambi’s murder conviction was overturned. But only after he spent 12 years in prison
He says he can never forgive the state
By Aidan Jones
Feature | 2 October 2018
Sun City prisoners accuse staff of cheating them out of canteen money
Inmates say attempts to open fraud case blocked
By Ciaran Ryan
News | 20 September 2018
Sibusiso Mavuka has spent ten years in prison, and appeared in court 91 times. He has never been convicted of any crime.
Mandela’s 100th birthday is a time for us to reflect on our criminal justice system
By Lee-Anne Bruce and Palesa Madi
Opinion | 18 September 2018