Tag: prisons
Correctional Services officials implicated in flood of contraband
The flood of contraband in South Africa’s correctional facilities has reached alarming levels, prompting the Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services to demand immediate action...
SA needs to spend R36 billion on new prisons – Groenewald
South African prisons house 46% more inmates than they were designed for, according to Correctional Services Minister Pieter Groenewald, further adding that his department...
New prisons in the pipeline for South Africa
Overcrowding in South Africa’s prisons, administered by the Department of Correctional Services (DCS), is well-documented with plans in place to either extend existing ones...
Foreign Nationals account for 11% of the incarcerated population says DCS
The increase in arrests of foreign nationals has seen a noticeable impact on resources for the Department of Correction Services (DCS). In response to...
POPCRU decries shrinking prison staff numbers
Following the appointment of Pieter Groenewald as Minister of Correctional Services, the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (POPCRU) has demanded the employment of...
Operation Vala to tighten security at prisons
With the festive season in sight, the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) will be tightening security at its prisons through Operation Vala...
Armed groups control Libyan prisons
Armed groups in Libya are killing and torturing detainees in prisons, some nominally under government control, where thousands of civilians are unlawfully...
South Africa needs prison torture laws
South Africa urgently needs laws that criminalise torture in its penal system if it is to prevent the type of abuses the...
Prisons dept, prosecutors too slow in fighting corruption: DA
The Democratic Alliance says the prisons department and prosecutors are making haste too slowly in the fight against corruption in the penal...
Low expectations for defence budget
Defence analysts say finance minister Pravin Gordhan (pictured) will at best keep the defence and other security budgets at the level announced...
