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Roundtable discussion on oversight over the prison system

This roundtable discussion, hosted by CSPRI, is the first in a series of three, and included representatives from Parliament, the Judicial Inspectorate for ...

Roundtable Discussion on the 2008/9 Annual Report of the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services

The second, in a series of three roundtable discussion, focused on the 2008/9 Annual Report of the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services. Since its ...

Roundtable Discussion on the White Paper on Corrections in South Africa

In March 2005 the Department of Correctional Services released the White Paper on Corrections in South Africa which articulated a new 20-year vision for the ...

This is a link to the dazzlepod sorting of WikiLeaks diplomatic cables. The original cable was created in June 2009.

South African Prisoner's Right to Vote: Addendum to "Prisoners' Rights Litigation in South Africa since 1994: a Critical Evaluation" (Research Paper 3A)

Subsequent to the Constitutional Court case in which the right of prisoners to vote was secured prior to the 2004 general election (Min of Home Affairs v ...

This report by the Legal Assistance Centre considers HIV/AIDS in prisons, including pre-trial detention.

The submission deals with the Implementation of the Geneva Conventions Bill and addresses: lack of a definition of “grave breaches”; the criminalisation of all ...

The submission calls for the criminalisation of torture and cites instances where torture was perpetrated in prisons. It also calls on the South African ...

The submission focuses on deaths and assaults in prisons and calls for the criminalisation of torture.

The submission deals with the following: research and information; dealing with complaints; torture and ill treatment; deaths in custody, formulating clear ...