The government says it is busy implementing recommendations made 22 years ago by the Judge White Commission into prison conditions
News | 24 November 2025
New legal amendments seek to address prison overcrowding crisis
By Liezl Human
News | 19 November 2025
The court found the Department of Correctional Services had violated her rights by refusing hormonal treatment as “cosmetic medication”
Law | 11 November 2025
13,500 inmates escaped from prisons during riots last week
Brief | 16 September 2025
Terminally ill inmates have died behind bars because the parole process is cumbersome, expensive and inconsistent between prisons
By Elna SchĂĽtz
News | 26 August 2025
Tebogo Modise was recommended for parole in 2019 but remains in prison despite a court order demanding reasons for his continued incarceration
News | 6 August 2025
Correctional Services has developed a standard operating procedure for transgender prisoners, but rights organisations are concerned about implementation
By Elna SchĂĽtz
News | 6 August 2025
Transwoman denied hormone therapy and prevented from using makeup or wearing female prison clothing
Law | 28 July 2025
People earn less than R250 a month working in prison workshops or farms
By Elna SchĂĽtz
Brief | 25 July 2025
Portfolio committee suggests alternatives to reduce remand detention
By Elna SchĂĽtz
Parliament | 7 July 2025
“The biggest public policy mistake of the last 125 years was the war on drugs”
By Elna SchĂĽtz
News | 8 June 2025
There are not enough beds in South Africa’s 13 psychiatric hospitals
By Elna SchĂĽtz
News | 1 June 2025
Goodwood prison massively overcrowded, judge’s report finds
News | 5 May 2025
Current policy is unconstitutional, court rules
Law | 30 April 2025
Bail Fund will address the “injustice of being detained simply because of poverty”
By Liezl Human
News | 17 March 2025
Our prisons have about 105,000 beds but there are over 156,000 prisoners
By Daniel Steyn
Analysis | 4 December 2024