News

Prisoner Participation in the 2009 General Elections
Author: Alex
Published: 08 Aug 2008
A press statement has been issued by the Civil Society Prison Reform Initiative on Prisoner Participation in the upcoming General Elections. This press statement was issued on 26 January 2009.
CSPRI '30 Days/Dae/Izinsuku' March 2008
Author: Alex
Published: 08 Aug 2008
Media reports on Sentencing & Parole; Unsentenced Prisoners; Security and Escapes; Children; Prison Construction; Governance and Corruption & Prisoners' Rights.
CSPRI Newsletter, No. 27, August 2008
Author: Alex
Published: 08 Aug 2008
This newsletter focuses primarily on the latest amendment to the Correctional Services Act, which is written by Amanda Dissel (Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation).
Various Occupants v Thubelisha Homes and Others
Author: Alex
Published: 08 Aug 2008
The Community Law Centre and the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions intervened as amici curae in the residents of Joe Slovo case. The case was heard in the Constitutional Court on 21 August 2008.
Ending Corporal And Other Forms Of Humiliating Punishment Of Children
Author: Alex
Published: 08 Aug 2008
A submission to the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child was made by a wide range of NGOs from across the African continent on the particular issue of protecting children from all forms of corporal and other forms of humiliating punishment.