Prisons

Photo of Sun City Prison

Judgment paints a damning picture of prison life at Sun City

Correctional Services ordered to feed prisoners properly

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Law | 21 June 2018

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Prison inmates go 20 hours between meals

Court case throws light on conditions at “Sun City”

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News | 30 January 2018

Photo of food left unattended at Barberton Prison

Barberton prisoners go on hunger strike

Sparked by backlog in parole applications

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News | 12 January 2018

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Minimum prison sentences must go, says Constitutional Court judge

They “are poorly-thought out, misdirected, hugely costly and an ineffective way of punishing criminals”

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Law | 3 November 2017

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Prison inmates stage play at Artscape

Theatre programme works with offenders to prepare them for life after prison

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News | 29 September 2017

Aerial view of Helderstroom Prison

Can imprisoned asylum seekers be deported?

What happens to a Somali refugee may give the answer

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Brief | 18 August 2017

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State mental health patients are being held in prisons

There is a shortage of hospital beds in the Eastern Cape for inmates with mental illness

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News | 27 July 2017

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Catch 22 for refugee in prison

Somali denied parole as he is unable to renew documentation

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News | 26 July 2017

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Isolated prisoners file court application

Inmates at Kgosi Mampuru II want to be moved back to their cells

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News | 25 July 2017