NEWS RELATED TO prisoners

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Taxpayers to fund bail for minor offences to ease prison overcrowding

Over 11 000 victims of crime faced their offenders in last three months of 2024

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Pollsmoor prison breaker back behind bars and now he’s in even bigger trouble

Africa

SA faces fallout from Mozambique prison escape

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WATCH: Officials raid Thabo Bester’s former ‘home’ Mangaung Prison

Crime

Police foil kidnapping, arrest nine suspects in Ivory Park

EDITOR'S CHOICE

News Judge wishes ex-cop ‘good luck’ and jails her for life

Politics Budget compromise close but ANC and DA leaders ‘will pay down the line’

News R1.44bn sent to municipalities for disaster relief across five provinces

Crime R600K disappears from stokvel’s bank account

South Africa Kubayi slams fake WhatsApp calling for prosecution of Mashatile

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Boksburg prison inmates start fire to prevent officials from confiscating cellphone

Goodwood prison raided after inmate brags about comfortable life behind bars

2024 elections: Voting processes are going well, says Lamola as inmates cast their ballots

Community Chat: Should prisoners be allowed to vote?

Police respond to claims ‘prisoners escaped’ from overturned armoured Nyala

A better life for all – but the jailbirds

Julius Malema: Living conditions in SA worse than prison (VIDEO)

World

Gaza officials say Israel released 150 detainees

Crime

Convicts can do manual labour, working on farms and state-owned buildings

World

Russia says sentenced more than 200 Ukrainian POWs

Crime

Wanted: 10 detainees awaiting trial escape through the roof in North West

World

Japan women prisoners suffer serious abuse: HRW

Correctional Services taking strict measures to stop spread of Diphtheria at Pollsmoor

Rooftop escape: Limpopo police hunt for three detainees on the run

Cell phones in prison used for scams

Escaped KwaZulu-Natal inmate captured in Nkandla

Manhunt launched after inmate escapes from KZN prison a week after imprisonment

Four former prisoners rearrested for suspected housebreaking and theft

World

Over 40 dead in gang violence, fire at Honduras women’s prison

News

Another prison break: Manhunt launched for two escaped rapists in Eastern Cape

World

Myanmar junta to free 3,000 prisoners in Buddhist New Year amnesty

State can be sued if Bester harms public while on the run

Crime

Five zama zamas killed ‘execution style’ in Free State

Crime

Police launch manhunt for ‘dangerous’ prison escapees

World

Gunmen kill head of Ecuador prison where deadly riots broke out

WATCH: Should prisoners have access to cellphones?