Ruth Hopkins

G4S has belatedly sought to prevent the release of medical records of inmates who say they were tortured

Prison inmates say they were injected with an unidentified substance

Several cases involving party members point to the political silencing of their often poor opponents

Those who find their lives threatened in violent, abusive relationships have little recourse to justice

Pairing the sky-high femicide figures with SA’s ignoble reputation as the rape capital of the world raises the question about government’s response.

Arrests are costly and pointless, but decriminalising dagga will free up resources to tackle serious crime.

New York City’s jail has a long history of being a hotbed of inequality and abuse, which still lingers.

Ruth Hopkins interviewed five women who are or were jailed in Pollsmoor Prison. They spoke of being traumatised by the appalling conditions.

The prison may have to clean up its act if an interdict launched by civil society that challenges the life-threatening conditions succeeds.

Lawyers for inmates held at the notorious Mangaung prison are suing the state – as well as the British firm that runs the prison – for abuses.

Lice, grime, broken toilets and six-hour waits for visitors: life is tough in Cape Town’s Pollsmoor prison.

Chilling new claims of inmate abuse at the embattled Mangaung prison in the Free State have emerged.

The inability of warders to handle increasing violence is turning the infamous Johannesburg prison into a sexual predator’s haven.

Amid a mix of unemployment and rampant drug addiction, and in alleged complicity with police, druglords have stepped into the gap left by the gangs.

The wheels of justice are turning slowly in the case of a Free State jail accused of torturing its inmates.