Opinion: TB cannot be kept behind bars
- 22 Mar 2013 00:00 - Harry Hausler
- World TB Day is on March 24: We look at plans to curb the disease's spread – in prisons and beyond.
TB ruling furthers prisoners' rights
- 14 Dec 2012 00:00 - Niren Tolsi
- But overcrowded prisons such as Pollsmoor may not be able to address their healthcare deficits. Niren Tolsi reports.
Children in Pollsmoor
- 16 Nov 2012 00:00 - Ilham Rawoot
- In February 2011, there were 861 children in prison, under the age of 18, and 54 075 youth between the ages of 18 and 25.
Juvenile offenders: Youth care centre at risk of closure
- 16 Nov 2012 00:00 - Ilham Rawoot
- The Cape Town government may shut down a facility that gives hope to boys whom society has shunned. Ilham Rawoot reports.
Report shows sorry state of South Africa's prisons
- 15 Oct 2012 06:23 - Ilham Rawoot
- The correctional services department owes about R1.3-billion in damages to prisoners and former inmates for bodily injury and rape while in prison.
Tuberculosis runs riot in Pollsmoor
- 31 Aug 2012 00:00 - Ilham Rawoot
- The story of a ruined man's lone legal battle reveals the dangerous conditions that prevail at the Western Cape prison.
Tales of a female gangster girl
- 17 May 2012 11:59 - Ilham Rawoot
- Jameela Jacobs was one of the few but growing number of women in gangs. She spoke to Ilham Rawoot about ended up spending half of her life in prison.
SA's prison babies get a second chance
- 12 Apr 2012 15:18 - Justine Gerardy
- Pollsmoor Prison has provided South Africa's first unit dedicated to ensuring babies in lock-up are not punished for their mothers' crimes.
Convicts serve more than time
- 23 Aug 2010 15:40 - Staff Reporter
- Rude patrons should steer clear of Pollsmoor restaurant as there are metal knives and forks.
SA inmates vie to be crowned 'Jail Star'
- 17 Nov 2009 14:43 - Staff Reporter
- Cape Town's maximum-security Pollsmoor prison has launched a TV talent search for offenders as part of its rehabilitation programme.
