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Pollsmoor Remand: “They treated us like animals”
Former detainees tell of being denied chronic medication and contracting diseases like TB while incarcerated in the overcrowded Cape Town facility.
Dining in Pollsmoor: The ethics of a prison restaurant
Pollsmoor prison restaurant serves the Cape Town public food. Milisuthando Bongela reflects on the ethics of running a prison restaurant.
Jailhouse cod with a dash of hijacking
The interactions with the convicts were a highlight of the occasion. They seemed to be in very high spirits.
Filth, disease, sex and violence for Pollsmoor’s female inmates
Ruth Hopkins interviewed five women who are or were jailed in Pollsmoor Prison. They spoke of being traumatised by the appalling conditions.
A sickening state of affairs at Pollsmoor prison
Former inmates tell of being denied chronic medication and contracting diseases such as TB while incarcerated in the overcrowded Cape Town prison.
How Pollsmoor prison can kill you
The prison may have to clean up its act if an interdict launched by civil society that challenges the life-threatening conditions succeeds.
Thousands evacuated from rat-infested Pollsmoor prison
At least 4 000 inmates are being evacuated from Pollsmoor prison after at least one prisoner died from a disease related to rat infestation.
Pollsmoor prisoners treated ‘worse than animals’
Lice, grime, broken toilets and six-hour waits for visitors: life is tough in Cape Town's Pollsmoor prison.
Public versus prison healthcare: What are the facts?
Deputy Minister of Correctional Services Thabang Makwetla claims that prisoners in SA have access to better healthcare. Africa Check investigates.
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