Privately-run prisons will cost the state R12-billion over the next 14 years and the results yielded have been disappointing, Parliament has heard.
Forced anti-psychotics, shock therapy and torture in Mangaung prison have been uncovered during a 12-month investigation by journalist Ruth Hopkins.
Nearly 1 000 people, mostly suspected Islamist militants, have died in Nigerian prisons in 2013 alone, says Amnesty International.
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.
World TB Day is on March 24: We look at plans to curb the disease’s spread – in prisons and beyond.
A Nike advert of paralympian Oscar Pistorius with the tagline "I am the bullet in the chamber" has been removed from his official website.
Growing up behind bars can be traumatic, but some prisons work hard to improve conditions for the children of women inmates, writes Ilham Rawoot.
President Jacob Zuma has announced a special remission of sentence which could see more than 35 000 offenders released from prison.
Video surveillance footage shot in the new Kimberley prison appears to show prison security personnel assaulting prisoners.
Ex-prisoners have spoken about the problems they face — both behind the walls and the challenges that await them upon release.
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Dipuo Maleka (32) and her 10-month-old son have been living in section A2 of the Female Correctional Centre in Johannesburg for nine months.