However, abuse and torture at the prison have improved, the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services says
Shaun de Waal reviews three nonfiction books by Ruth Hopkins, Philippa Garson and Tom Eaton
When imprisonment becomes a business, the profit motive rears its head at the expense of the good of the prisoners. Three recent books deal with the murky workings of the…
Prison inmates say they were injected with an unidentified substance
Lice, grime, broken toilets and six-hour waits for visitors: life is tough in Cape Town’s Pollsmoor prison.
The inability of warders to handle increasing violence is turning the infamous Johannesburg prison into a sexual predator’s haven.
Thousands of people have been languishing in prison for years without having been convicted and the causes of judicial delays are manifold.
