CSPRI '30 Days/Dae/Izinsuku' April 2008

Download the latest media reports in prison reform. Reports include issues on governance and corruption; safe custody & torture; unsentenced prisoners; prison construction; etc.

Newspaper articles in this issue include:

  • Police officer allegedly tampered with Yengeni's blood sample
  • Torture in South Africa prisons remains a challenge, Human Rights Commission chief
  • Department to investigate the cause of prison gang violence
  • Prisoners awaiting trial for years because of lack of enough judges
  • Prisoner's relative suggests correctional supervision instead of imprisonment
  • Five new prisons will cost a lot more than estimated
  • Department discovers escape of internationally wanted criminal after 8 days

and much more ...