Prisons
Parole backlog piling up on minister’s desk
Prisoners spend years in jail beyond their minimum detention periods waiting for parole
News | 30 March 2022
Video: Should prisoners have access to cellphones?
Phones have been used to expose abuses and there is already a thriving illicit market for them in prisons
Video | 28 February 2022
Reports reveal horrors of solitary confinement in prisons
Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services says this is a violation of the Constitution
News | 18 January 2022
Inmates share grim pictures of life in Kgosi Mampuru prison
Inmates inside the Kgosi Mampuru Correctional Facility in Pretoria have described conditions as inhumane, dangerous and a health hazard.
Video | 14 December 2021
Our faulty approach to life sentences is catching up with us
Our prisons are crowded with “lifers”, at great cost to us all
Opinion | 10 November 2021
A tale of two prisoners: Juane Jacobs and Jacob Zuma
Juane Jacobs is a prisoner at Leeuwkop in Johannesburg. He is extremely ill but he has been denied medical parole. Are double standards being used to determine who gets medical parole in South African correctional facilities?
Video | 21 September 2021
Prisoners accuse government of parole delays
While Correctional Services denies there is a backlog, the Judicial Inspectorate says there is a problem
News | 26 August 2021
Harsh prison terms won’t solve the crisis of gender-based violence
The certainty of arrest and prosecution, not long sentences, is what deters crime
Opinion | 9 August 2021
Dispute over quality of prison food
Correctional services say claims by Prisoners at Leeuwkop Maximum Prison are “nowhere near reality”
Brief | 11 June 2021