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Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services is struggling for independence, writes Edwin Cameron.

South Africa’s prisons are home to serious human rights violations – some of which are significantly underreported.

Jics: The Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services is struggling for independence while addressing its mandate.

Simon Tseko Nkoli had just turned 41 when he died in 1998 of an Aids-related illness. In his short life, the South African activist fought against different forms of oppression. He fought for those downtrodden because of their “race”. He stood up for those ostracised because of their HIV status. His greatest fight, though, was for those persecuted because of their sexual orientation.

The Hawks and the NPA are up to the task of dealing with petty corruption. It is serious corruption that is the problem in SA and that will be properly addressed by the creation of the new body that will function in the same way as the Scorpions did but with greater independence and better secu...

The Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services has asked the Parliament to intervene on prison conditions in Mzansi.

In this poignant new memoir, the human rights and environmental activist details his fight against the apartheid regime.

We should not waste public money in any attempts to build more correctional facilities to accommodate the growing prison population but instead the resources must be directed to policing.

Criminals who are found guilty of less serious crimes should be sent to jail for shorter periods to avoid overcrowding in prisons. This is the view of the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services Justice Edwin Cameron, who spoke to Sowetan on the sidelines of a photo exhibition in Sandton, Johannesburg, last week.

The 18th African Investigative Journalism Conference is kicking off in Johannesburg; Jacana Media is holding a series of launches for Kumi Naidoo’s new book, ‘Letters to my mother’; and Grow Great is hosting a ‘Zero Stunting Now!’ Summit.