Prisons
Transgender prisoners challenge prison authorities
Correctional Services has developed a standard operating procedure for transgender prisoners, but rights organisations are concerned about implementation
By Elna Schütz
News | 6 August 2025
Court showdown on whether prisons must provide gender-affirming healthcare
Transwoman denied hormone therapy and prevented from using makeup or wearing female prison clothing
Law | 28 July 2025
Not enough prisoners have access to work and training opportunities
People earn less than R250 a month working in prison workshops or farms
By Elna Schütz
Brief | 25 July 2025
MPs call for action on prison overcrowding
Portfolio committee suggests alternatives to reduce remand detention
By Elna Schütz
Parliament | 7 July 2025
New book by Edwin Cameron gives practical steps to reform prisons
“The biggest public policy mistake of the last 125 years was the war on drugs”
By Elna Schütz
News | 8 June 2025
Hundreds of state mental health patients are being kept in prison
There are not enough beds in South Africa’s 13 psychiatric hospitals
By Elna Schütz
News | 1 June 2025
Presumed guilty! Years in prison awaiting trial
Goodwood prison massively overcrowded, judge’s report finds
News | 5 May 2025
Prisoners can use computers to study in their cells, says Constitutional Court
Current policy is unconstitutional, court rules
Law | 30 April 2025
Coming soon: fund to help people pay bail
Bail Fund will address the “injustice of being detained simply because of poverty”
By Liezl Human
News | 17 March 2025