- 28 Mar 2013 00:00 - Ilham Rawoot
- Rape has become an accepted form of punishment for those in prison. Civil society groups say correctional services is doing nothing to change that.
- 08 Mar 2013 11:05 - Carolyn Raphaely
- Unlike Oscar Pistorius, who awaits trial in luxury, paraplegic Ronnie Fakude had to share a cell with 87 men.
- 25 Jan 2013 10:03 - Nkululeko Sibanda
- Activists and former inmates say conditions in Zimbabwe jails are shocking, and basic conditions such as providing hygiene and food aren't being met.
- 18 Jan 2013 14:53 - Sapa
- Journalists carrying out their professional duty should be protected from interference and possible harm, said Sanef.
- 14 Dec 2012 00:00 - Sarah Evans
- The health department could face litigation for not taking adequate interim measures to care for psychiatric patients.
- 11 Dec 2012 17:07 - Faeeza Ballim
- The Constitutional Court has ruled in favour of a former awaiting trial detainee who contracted TB while in Pollsmoor prison.
- 07 Dec 2012 00:00 - Muluka-Anne Miti (author)
- Amnesty International says it's found hundreds of cases of unlawful arrest and detention in Mozambique.
- 18 Dec 2009 12:07 - Mara Kardas-Nelson
- Researchers and advocates have singled out South Africa's under-staffed and overcrowded prisons as hotbeds for the transmission of HIV and TB.
- 18 Nov 2009 15:26 - Staff Reporter
- Doctors, nurses and pharmacists are refusing to work in South Africa's prisons, Parliament heard on Wednesday.
- 13 Aug 2009 12:30 - Staff Reporter
- SA wants to build seven more new prisons to help ease chronic overcrowding in its jails, the correctional services minister said on Thursday.
- 05 Jun 2009 16:35 - Staff Reporter
- Zimbabwe's prisons will get a much-needed injection of help from the International Committee of the Red Cross.
- 06 Mar 2009 06:00 - Staff Reporter
- Key questions ignited by Schabir Shaik's medical parole are still unanswered.
- 02 Dec 2008 09:05 - Staff Reporter
- Fancy sports shoes were declared off limits at New York prisons from Monday as authorities sought to reduce friction between inmates.
- 20 Oct 2008 18:28 - Staff Reporter
- 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.
- 19 Sep 2008 15:11 - Staff Reporter
- Allowing Rastafarian warders to wear dreadlocks would "open the floodgates" of indiscipline, says the area manager of Pollsmoor Prison.
- 12 Sep 2008 16:45 - Staff Reporter
- The British government expressed outrage on Friday at a horror-themed party staged by "lifers" in a notorious women's prison.
- 09 Sep 2008 00:00 - Monako Dibetle
- M&G reporter Monako Dibetle and photographer Oupa Nkosi witness howa simple stress management programme is helping to rehabilitate prisoners.
- 13 Aug 2008 10:48 - Michael Hamlyn
- A report on the state of South Africa's prisons by the Auditor General reveals a serious lapse in maintenance standards.
- 09 Jul 2008 12:59 - Staff Reporter
- Large numbers of awaiting-trial prisoners appear to be the reason for South Africa's grossly overcrowded prisons, some by more than 300% of capacity.
