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A Review of Civilian Oversight over Correctional Services in the Last Decade (Research Paper No. 4)

The restricted and hidden nature of the prison regime was dramatically apparent in apartheid South Africa, where prisons shunned outside scrutiny and ...

A Review of the Judicial Inspectorate of Prisons of South Africa (Research Paper No. 7)

This paper reviews the effectiveness of the Judicial Inspectorate in fulfilling this mandate as an oversight structure. Report by Saras Jagwanth

A Societal Responsibility: The role of civil society organisations in prisoner support, rehabilitation and reintegration

There is a growing number of civil society organisations in South Africa working with offenders and prisoners focusing on prisoner support, rehabilitation and ...

A study of best practice in prison governance (Research Paper No. 9)

Despite the fact that the Department of Correctional Services has attracted significant media attention as a result of the Jali Commission's investigations, ...

Alternative Sentencing Review (Research Paper No 6)

Whilst the South African legislation makes ample provision for non-custodial sentencing options, practice reveals that these sentencing options are severely ...

An Assessment of the Impact of HIV/AIDS on Correctional System governance with Special Emphasis on Correctional Services Staff

The incidence of HIV/AIDS infection in South African prisons has been extensively documented in recent years. This research has focused variously on the ...