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WJP report –“Looking back: 2012 and remand detention”
The Wits Justice Project has released “Looking back: 2012 and remand detention”, a summary of recent developments in South Africa’s remand detention landscape. The report highlights, among other...
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High-level Roundtable on TB management in SA’s correctional centres held at...
Members of the criminal justice, social justice and health sectors discussed strategies to prevent and treat tuberculosis (TB) – the leading cause of death in South Africa’s correctional centres – at...
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Prison overcrowding not just due to effective NPA
To see this article as it appeared in the print edition of the Saturday Star, click here. To see this article as it appeared on the website of Saturday Star, click here. RUTH HOPKINS and NOOSHIN...
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Experts recommend improvements in prison TB plan
HAZEL MEDA Ludick Mabyane had only one request for the head of Losperfontein Correctional Centre in Brits, North West. He just wanted to be allowed to die in his father’s arms. “I was looking death in...
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Curbing TB in South Africa’s prisons remains a challenge
“Prisons are a breeding ground for the spread of communicable diseases. Just for the quarter October – December 2014, the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services (JICS) received 11 reports of...
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