Prisons

Concourt asked to strengthen independence of prisons inspectorate

Sonke Gender Justice asks judges to declare part of Correctional Services Act unconstitutional

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Brief | 4 March 2020

Official report into Bloemfontein prison reveals mistreatment of inmates

Report released after a long legal battle

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News | 3 March 2020

Our prisons are failing. They need to become correctional facilities

Our policies have become more punitive, yet our crime rate continues going up

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Opinion | 3 March 2020

Prison officials explain Ramaphosa’s decision to reduce sentences

Officials ask Dunoon residents to accept ex-convicts back into society, as nearly 900 released from Pollsmoor

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News | 17 February 2020

Report on prison torture allegations ordered to be released

Refusal by government to provide it was “unlawful and invalid” says judge

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Law | 7 February 2020

Fight for release of report on alleged prison torture

Security company wants report to be redacted if it is to be released

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Brief | 2 December 2019

Inmate alleging torture at Leeuwkop disputes psychiatrist’s report

The court case will resume on 11 May 2020

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News | 15 November 2019

Prisoner alleging torture at Leeuwkop sticks to his story under cross-examiniation

“What I’m telling the court today is what happened”

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News | 14 November 2019

Leeuwkop prisoner says officials gave him electric shocks in showers

“You feel like you can die”

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News | 12 November 2019

Former inmate tells court he thought of killing himself after prison beating

Xolani Zulu is one of five current and former inmates suing the state for alleged assault and torture

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News | 7 November 2019

Prison inmate tells court about beating at Leeuwkop prison

Xolani Zulu is among five inmates suing Correctional Services

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News | 6 November 2019

Doctor testifies on severity of prisoners’ injuries

Inmates are suing Correctional Services for assault and torture

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News | 5 November 2019

Court hears of alleged assault and torture of prisoners

Doctor testifies that injuries were severe

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News | 4 November 2019

Court grants prisoner permission to use his laptop

Denying laptop infringed Mbalenhle Ntuli’s right to study, says judge

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News | 1 October 2019

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