NEWS RELATED TO prisons

News

‘A gun will be smuggled and someone will die’: MPs raise alarm over contraband flooding SA prisons

Crime

Nearly 15k foreigners in SA’s overcrowded prisons

Overcrowding in Gauteng prisons, with ‘huge number of undocumented foreigners’ [VIDEO]

Crime

‘It came from prison’ – Scammers try to extort R50k from family of KZN snowstorm victim

News

DCS raids Westville prison, seize illegal items amid nationwide crackdown

Suspects can’t afford R1k bail – Groenewald‘s overcrowding prison headache

EDITOR'S CHOICE

South Africa Niehaus opens case after death threats: ‘He messed with the wrong man’

News Mchunu defends police officers killing criminals after Yanga ‘Bara’ Nyalara’s death

South Africa Crime stats: Murder cases decrease by 9.8% – four provinces ‘dominate criminality’ in SA

Crime Suspect linked to Zanzou nightclub assault and torture arrested in Yeoville

Opinion VAT hike rejected, but what’s the alternative?

Courts

‘It’s an insult’: Outrage at Mapisa-Nqakula giving ‘terrible prison conditions’ a skip

World

‘Extreme violence’: Haiti declares state of emergency after huge prison break

News

Criminality and inequality: Why convicts keep going back

News

Thabo Bester: Correctional Services concedes G4S boss lost control of Mangaung prison

Crime stats suggest prison is no longer a deterrent

News

Confirmed Covid-19 infections at SA prisons rises to 94

Covid-19 cases in Eastern Cape prisons rise to 78

Correctional Services has measures in place to combat spread of coronavirus in prisons

World

US prisons a potential coronavirus ‘tinderbox’

Courts

‘Unlawful’ treatment of transgender prisoner Jade September slammed in court judgment

Crime

Court battles continue for prisoner to get access to laptop for studying

Crime

Family of victims shocked to find ‘prison profile’ of serial killer on Facebook

Journalists face year in prison for April Fool’s stories

Home Affairs keen to help inmates wishing to vote, court hears