Prison a breeding ground for Aids and TB

Researchers and advocates have singled out South Africa's under-staffed and overcrowded prisons as hotbeds for the transmission of HIV and TB.

Medical workers shun South African prisons

Doctors, nurses and pharmacists are refusing to work in South Africa's prisons, Parliament heard on Wednesday.

SA to build new prisons to ease overcrowding

SA wants to build seven more new prisons to help ease chronic overcrowding in its jails, the correctional services minister said on Thursday.

Red cross steps up aid to desperate Zim prisons

Zimbabwe's prisons will get a much-needed injection of help from the International Committee of the Red Cross.

Shaiking up a storm

Key questions ignited by Schabir Shaik’s medical parole are still unanswered.

Fancy sneakers get the boot at New York prisons

Fancy sports shoes were declared off limits at New York prisons from Monday as authorities sought to reduce friction between inmates.

At least 17 dead in Mexico jail riot

At least 17 prisoners died in a jail riot in Mexico near the United States border on Monday, some in a fire after a gun battle between rival gangs.

Dreadlocked warders just won't do, says prison boss

Allowing Rastafarian warders to wear dreadlocks would "open the floodgates" of indiscipline, says the area manager of Pollsmoor Prison.

Prison horror too much for UK govt

The British government expressed outrage on Friday at a horror-themed party staged by "lifers" in a notorious women's prison.

Breath of hope for convicts

M&G reporter Monako Dibetle and photographer Oupa Nkosi witness howa simple stress management programme is helping to rehabilitate prisoners.

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