CSPRI '30 Days/Dae/Izinsuku' February 2009

CSPRI '30 Days/Dae/Izinsuku' February 2009

Topics covered in February's issue include: Governance and Corruption; Prison Gangs; Sentencing and Parole; Prison Construction; Unsentenced Prisoners; Prisoners’ Rights; Elections 2009; Rehabilitation; Security And Escapes and ; Other African Countries.

Newspaper articles include:

  • Correctional Services Minister accused of interfering in the tender process;
  • Number of prison gang-related incidents down;
  • Opposition party calls for hard labour in prison;
  • Finance Minister allocates money for new prisons;
  • Former awaiting trial prisoner publishes books on her experience in prison;
  • Court orders the Department of Correctional Services to release medical report of deceased
    prisoner;
  • CSPRI emphasises prisoners’ right to vote; and
  • Correctional Services Department to lay compliant against lawyer for interviewing prisoner.