August 2008's '30 Days/Dae/Izinsuku'

August 2008's '30 Days/Dae/Izinsuku'

This issues has media reports on the following topics: sentencing; governance & corruption; and parole; unsentenced prisoners; prison conditions; prison labour, etc.
Some of the articles in this issue are:
  • Lawyer says life imprisonment should be reserved for offenders incapable of rehabilitation;
  • Drugs used save murderers from life imprisonment: Judge says rehabilitation possible;
  • Opinion on delays for Waterkloof Four's prison sentence;
  • Prison official held for rape of 15-year old girl;
  • Portfolio Committee instructs DCS to advertise tenders for prison food;
  • Child prisoner appears in court shackled in leg irons;
  • Human Rights Commission rejects warder's appeal for aid in severely overcrowded prison;
  • CSPRI to Parliament: delays in medical parole for terminally ill prisoners a serious concern;

and many more newspaper articles on prison-related issues.