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The Impact of COVID-19 on Prison Conditions and Penal Policy presents the results of a worldwide exchange of information on the impact of COVID-19 in prisons. ...

Africa’s prisons are a long-standing concern for rights defenders given the prevalence of rights abuses, overcrowding, poor conditions of detention and the ...

Journal article: Democratic policing: A conceptual framework

Democratic policing, as opposed to regime policing, must meet at least three requirements: there is democratic accountability of and for the police; the police ...

In 2013 the Western Cape legislature passed the Western Cape Community Safety Act (WCCSA) to improve monitoring of and oversight over the police. One creation ...

This article explores the nature and causes of prisoner protests, looking at it first from a sociological perspective and second, a rights perspective. The ...

Ten years have lapsed since the Jali Commission’s final report became publicly available, and it is therefore an opportune time to assess the state of South ...

Journal Article: The End of Public/Private Partnership Prisons in the Department of Correctional Services of South Africa

South Africa has two fully privatised prisons, each housing some 3,000 prisoners. Their history has been mired in controversy from the start, and this has not ...

The presumed link between the rule of law and development suggests that an operational justice system is key to development. The research sought to understand ...

The Khayelitsha Commission revealed that areas that are predominantly populated by people who are poor and black are systematically allocated only a small ...

The ‘tough on crime’ approach embodied in bail and sentencing law has had a profound impact on the trends around remand detention, including prison ...