SA's Judicial Inspectorate considering bail funds system similar to the US
Inspecting judge for Correctional Services Edwin Cameron said it was morally wrong to detain accused individuals who can't afford bail.
Source: ewn.co.za
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Inspecting judge for Correctional Services Edwin Cameron said it was morally wrong to detain accused individuals who can't afford bail.
‘Punishment is deprivation of liberty, it’s not the humiliation of overcrowding, abuse and other malpractices in prisons,’ Judge Edwin Cameron told attendees on the opening night of the powerful ‘The ties that bind us’ photographic exhibition.