CSPRI '30 Days/Dae/Izinsuku' March 2008

Media reports on Sentencing & Parole; Unsentenced Prisoners; Security and Escapes; Children; Prison Construction; Governance and Corruption & Prisoners' Rights.

Newspaper reports include:

  • Prisoners to be monitored electronically
  • Younger offenders should be sent for correctional supervision
  • Awaiting-trial prisoner's lawyer unhappy with the postponement of client's trial
  • Awaiting-trial prisoners escape from a police van
  • Bill could reduce the age of babies living with imprisoned mothers
  • Department and Portfolio Committee disagree on private prisons
  • Department of Correctional Services recovers 22 million rand
  • Department of Correctional Services ordered to reinstate fired warder
  • Correctional Services Portfolio Committee chairperson says prisoners should be stripped of privileges

.... and many more newspaper articles on prison-related issues