Prison
COVID-19: Prisoner’s organisation urges Ramaphosa to release more inmates
The South African Prisoners Organisation for Human Rights says government needs to expand its category for prisoners who qualify for the parole dispensation.
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2 East London prisoners die after testing positive for COVID-19
The Department of Correctional Services said both had other medical conditions.
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Zimbabwe prisoner amnesty set to come into effect this month
The country has 22,000 inmates, though the prisons are only built to hold 17,000.
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Jay-Z sues Mississippi prison officials over unfair conditions: NBC News
The letter added that the deaths were as a result of years of severe understaffing and neglect at Mississippi’s prisons, NBC said.
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7 correctional centres across SA to receive full-body scanners
It's aimed at preventing the smuggling of contraband.
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Kim Kardashian West's 'transformative' prison reform work
The 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians' star met with President Donald Trump on Wednesday to discuss prison reform as part of her ongoing push to free prisoners serving draconian sentences.
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US spending is rising much faster on prisons than on schools
The Department of Education report traces how that shift has impacted state and local budgets.
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North West cops investigate how 10 inmates escaped
The Correctional Services Department says it appears the inmates carefully planned their escape.
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Exclusive: Prisoners smoke mandrax in St Albans Prison
An exclusive look inside one of South Africa's prisons as inmates smoke mandrax inside one of their overcrowded cells.
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Popcru concerned by system of rehabilitating inmates into society
Popcru says the majority of former inmates return to crime because they don’t receive necessary skills.
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Two of five WC escapees rearrested
The prisoners reportedly overpowered an officer at the Lentegeur Police Station on Saturday.
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5 WC escapees still on the run
Western Cape police are still searching for five prisoners who escaped from holding cells in Mitchells Plain.
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Six escape from Springs Police Station cells
Police say the group overpowered a constable who was in the cells on Sunday night.
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Food joke could land Briton in Kyrgyz prison
A British employee of Kyrgyzstan's biggest gold mine compared a national dish to a horse penis.
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GALLERY: Inside the Kgosi Mampuru II Prison
A look inside the Kgosi Mampuru II correctional centre and the workshops where prisoners work during the day.
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Tigers, piranhas may join Indonesia crocodile prison guard
Budi Waseso said he was now thinking of using tigers and piranha fish too.
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12 awaiting trial prisoners escape in Limpopo
The group made their brazen escapes from the Tubatse and Mecklenburg cells over the weekend.
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SA prisoners in Thailand want to be repatriated
Thailand invited countries to enter into an agreement to have foreign incarcerated citizens repatriated.
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Losperfontein Prison investigated for mistreating inmates
Offenders alerted the Wits Justice Project to the assaults, which is also investigating the matter.
