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JICS concerned about overcrowding in SA's prisons

Briefing Parliament on its annual report on Thursday, the Judicial Inspectorate of Prisons (JICS) noted that the year in review also recorded the highest number of remand detainees ever in the past decade.

Many more inmates but far fewer escapes, says prisons commissioner

The department of correctional services says there have been fewer escapes from South African prisons in the year between April 2022 and March 2023 than there were in previous year, the period April 2020 to March 2021

South Africa: Prisoners Are Being Held for Years in Solitary Confinement - Report

Government responds to report on solitary confinement

Prisoners are held according to the law, writes the Department of Correctional Services spokesperson

Some prisoners held for years in solitary confinement - JICS report

South Africa: Government Responds to Report On Solitary Confinement

Prisoners are being held for years in solitary confinement

Segregation, a form of isolation, is allowed, but only up to 30 days and under strict conditions. Yet the Judicial Inspectorate’s report says prisoners are kept for months and even years in solitary confinement.

Justice Committee recommends 3.8% salary increase for Public Protector, Human Rights Commissioners

Cop rips into Nandipha Magudumana's 'Stockholm syndrome' defence

The infamous murderer and rapist’s lover says he forced her to flee with him, but an investigating officer has found plenty of holes in her story.

Kutama fire: Inside the torching of SA's American-run maximum prison

In the wake of Thabo Bester's escape from the Mangaung Correctional Centre, Eyewitness News can reveal disturbing allegations surfacing from another private prison in Limpopo, the American-run Kutama-Sinthumule Correctional Centre (KSCC).