Prisons
Thabo Bester and hundreds of other prisoners kept in unlawful conditions, says inspectorate
Report argues that solitary confinement is a form of torture
By Daniel Steyn
News | 18 September 2024
Key law on prisons watchdog stuck in the pipeline
Judicial Inspectorate of prisons is still accountable to the very department over which it is meant to have oversight, says lawyer
News | 27 August 2024
Elections 2024: South Africa is one of the few African countries where prisoners can vote
But the right of prisoners to vote has at times been resisted by the government and the Independent Electoral Commission
By Daniel Steyn
News | 24 April 2024
No sign of accountability for Thabo Bester’s escape
Eight months since the highly publicised Parliamentary hearing, little action has been taken by Parliament or Correctional Services
By Daniel Steyn and Marecia Damons
Analysis | 11 December 2023
Prisoner computer ban struck down
Correctional Services has 12 months to revise the current policy
News | 8 November 2023
Court error causes years of delay in prisoner’s appeal
Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services received 2,244 complaints from prisoners appealing their sentences. KZN accounted for nearly half of these.
News | 16 October 2023
Victim of wrongful arrest gets R2.6-million from Minister of Police
Ntokozo Patrick Xulu spent 813 days behind bars
Law | 19 September 2023
Government responds to report on solitary confinement
Prisoners are held according to the law, writes the Department of Correctional Services spokesperson
Right to reply | 7 September 2023
Prisoners are being held for years in solitary confinement
“Under democracy, hundreds and even thousands of inmates have been subjected to these practices” says Judicial Inspectorate report
By Sonia A. Rao
News | 6 September 2023