Articles for Elna Schütz
Medical parole system is failing dying prisoners
Terminally ill inmates have died behind bars because the parole process is cumbersome, expensive and inconsistent between prisons
By Elna Schütz
News | 26 August 2025
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
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
Closure of US-funded cancer clinic further burdens public hospitals
Hundreds of patients will likely be transferred from the Cervical Cancer Screening and Prevention Clinic at Helen Joseph Hospital in Johannesburg.
By Elna Schütz
News | 2 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
Nearly 750,000 driving licences are waiting to be printed - but at least the printing machine is working again
Department of Transport says staff will work extra hours to deal with the backlog
By Elna Schütz
News | 8 May 2025
Yoruba protest for independence in Pretoria
About 100 people march to Nigerian embassy
By Elna Schütz
Brief | 2 October 2020