Prisons

Judge rules that Prisons Inspectorate must be given independence

Government must change law within two years so that the inspectorate’s funding is not controlled by the Department of Correctional Services

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Law | 5 September 2019

Incarcerated women tell NGO they are desperate for help

Conditions for women in prisons neglected during Women’s Month, says health and human rights organisation

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Opinion | 30 August 2019

Court battles continue for prisoner to get access to laptop for studying

Inmate who took correctional services to court put in isolation for seven days for “disrespecting a prison official”

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News | 30 August 2019

Relatives denied visiting rights at Goodwood prison

Correctional services says there are renovations taking place at the visiting area

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News | 25 July 2019

Officials apologise for preventing prisoner from signing court papers

Mbalenhle Ntulii wants a laptop so he can study

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News | 17 July 2019

Prisoner denied access to laptop for studies takes authorities to court

Correctional services say his computer is a security risk

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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”

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Law | 7 June 2019

Garden for psychiatric patients struggles to find funding

Lentegeur Market Garden may not make it through the year

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News | 21 May 2019

Prisoner alleges beatings at Westville

“They cannot do worse to me than they already have” says inmate

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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

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Law | 28 January 2019

Sun City prisoners accuse staff of cheating them out of canteen money

Inmates say attempts to open fraud case blocked

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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

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Opinion | 18 September 2018

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

Prison inmates go 20 hours between meals

Court case throws light on conditions at “Sun City”

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News | 30 January 2018

Barberton prisoners go on hunger strike

Sparked by backlog in parole applications

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News | 12 January 2018