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Pollsmoor Remand: “They treated us like animals”

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Former detainees tell of being denied chronic medication and contracting diseases like TB while incarcerated in the overcrowded Cape Town facility.
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Dining in Pollsmoor: The ethics of a prison restaurant

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Pollsmoor prison restaurant serves the Cape Town public food. Milisuthando Bongela reflects on the ethics of running a prison restaurant.
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Jailhouse cod with a dash of hijacking

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The interactions with the convicts were a highlight of the occasion. They seemed to be in very high spirits.
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Filth, disease, sex and violence for Pollsmoor’s female inmates

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Ruth Hopkins interviewed five women who are or were jailed in Pollsmoor Prison. They spoke of being traumatised by the appalling conditions.
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A sickening state of affairs at Pollsmoor prison

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Former inmates tell of being denied chronic medication and contracting diseases such as TB while incarcerated in the overcrowded Cape Town prison.
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How Pollsmoor prison can kill you

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

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At least 4 000 inmates are being evacuated from Pollsmoor prison after at least one prisoner died from a disease related to rat infestation.
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Pollsmoor prisoners treated ‘worse than animals’

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Lice, grime, broken toilets and six-hour waits for visitors: life is tough in Cape Town's Pollsmoor prison.
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Public versus prison healthcare: What are the facts?

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Deputy Minister of Correctional Services Thabang Makwetla claims that prisoners in SA have access to better healthcare. Africa Check investigates.
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Inmates bring first-hand ordeals to the stage

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"The Outsiders" - a play performed by inmates and parolees - makes a strong point about the reintegration of offenders into society.
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New life for ex-Hard Livings leader Staggie

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Former Hard Livings leader Staggie is being helped by Pastor Ivan Waldeck. But the fact that Waldeck was once a member of the same gang irks police.
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Opinion: TB cannot be kept behind bars

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World TB Day is on March 24: We look at plans to curb the disease's spread – in prisons and beyond.
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TB ruling furthers prisoners’ rights

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But overcrowded prisons such as Pollsmoor may not be able to address their healthcare deficits. Niren Tolsi reports.
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Juvenile offenders: Youth care centre at risk of closure

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The Cape Town government may shut down a facility that gives hope to boys whom society has shunned. Ilham Rawoot reports.
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Children in Pollsmoor

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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.
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