Carolyn Raphaely

Senior Journalist at The Wits Justice Project, [email protected] Carolyn Raphaely has over 327 followers on Twitter.

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Apartheid culture of police brutality still alive today

Analysis Carolyn Raphaely - 30 Jan 2014

The anniversary of the death of Neil Aggett is a poignant reminder that police brutality is still happening in post-apartheid South Africa.

Denying paraplegic bail is ‘torture’

Article Carolyn Raphaely - 19 Apr 2013

Doctor says keeping sickly awaiting-trial prisoner in jail is a denial of his constitutional rights. Carolyn Raphaely reports.

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Paraplegic’s hellish ordeal in prison

Article Carolyn Raphaely - 8 Mar 2013

Unlike Oscar Pistorius, who awaits trial in luxury, paraplegic Ronnie Fakude had to share a cell with 87 men.

Toxic meltdown at forensic labs

Article Carolyn Raphaely - 18 Feb 2011

The country's top pathologists say laboratories are running on a backlog of up to 10 years, leaving the criminal justice system in the lurch.

Aunt queries postmortem report on boy

Article Carolyn Raphaely - 26 Nov 2010

More than four years after a 14-year-old boy allegedly used his trousers to hang himself in a police cell, the inquest into his death has begun.

Who killed Leon Booysen?

Article Carolyn Raphaely - 29 Oct 2010

The death of a teenager in police custody remains a mystery four years after he allegedly hanged himself.

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