Zim prisoners die due to food shortages, says rights group
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights says more than 100 prisoners have died in Zimbabwe due to "nutrition-related illnesses".
Prisons
Mangaung defends antipsychotic injections for prisoners
Antipsychotic injections are necessary to subdue inmates, says medical staff at the Mangaung Correctional Centre.
Probe into Mangaung prison torture nearly complete
A two-pronged probe into allegations of torture at Mangaung prison will be completed in the next two weeks, MPs have been told.
M&G Newsroom: Mangaung prison’s reign of terror
Electric shock therapy and torture are some of the allegations uncovered by the Wits Justice Project at the Mangaung Correctional Facility.
Sexual assault in jail is common and brutal
Rape has become an accepted form of punishment for those in prison. Civil society groups say correctional services is doing nothing to change that.
Paraplegic’s hellish ordeal in prison
Unlike Oscar Pistorius, who awaits trial in luxury, paraplegic Ronnie Fakude had to share a cell with 87 men.
Zim prisoners have no food or soap
Activists and former inmates say conditions in Zimbabwe jails are shocking, and basic conditions such as providing hygiene and food aren’t being met.
Sanef calls for protection of journalists
Journalists carrying out their professional duty should be protected from interference and possible harm, said Sanef.
Psychiatric patients languish in police holding cells
The health department could face litigation for not taking adequate interim measures to care for psychiatric patients.
ConCourt makes landmark TB ruling
The Constitutional Court has ruled in favour of a former awaiting trial detainee who contracted TB while in Pollsmoor prison.
Rotting in Mozambique’s jails
Amnesty International says it’s found hundreds of cases of unlawful arrest and detention in Mozambique.
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Prison a breeding ground for Aids and TB
Researchers and advocates have singled out South Africa’s under-staffed and overcrowded prisons as hotbeds for the transmission of HIV and TB.
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Medical workers shun South African prisons
Doctors, nurses and pharmacists are refusing to work in South Africa’s prisons, Parliament heard on Wednesday.
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SA to build new prisons to ease overcrowding
SA wants to build seven more new prisons to help ease chronic overcrowding in its jails, the correctional services minister said on Thursday.
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Red cross steps up aid to desperate Zim prisons
Zimbabwe’s prisons will get a much-needed injection of help from the International Committee of the Red Cross.
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Shaiking up a storm
Key questions ignited by Schabir Shaik’s medical parole are still unanswered.
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Fancy sneakers get the boot at New York prisons
Fancy sports shoes were declared off limits at New York prisons from Monday as authorities sought to reduce friction between inmates.
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At least 17 dead in Mexico jail riot
At least 17 prisoners died in a jail riot in Mexico near the United States border on Monday, some in a fire after a gun battle between rival gangs.
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Dreadlocked warders just won’t do, says prison boss
Allowing Rastafarian warders to wear dreadlocks would ”open the floodgates” of indiscipline, says the area manager of Pollsmoor Prison.
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Prison horror too much for UK govt
The British government expressed outrage on Friday at a horror-themed party staged by ”lifers” in a notorious women’s prison.
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Breath of hope for convicts
<i>M&G</i> reporter Monako Dibetle and photographer Oupa Nkosi witness howa simple stress management programme is helping to rehabilitate prisoners.
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‘Scathing’ report on lack of SA prison maintenance
A report on the state of South Africa’s prisons by the Auditor General reveals a serious lapse in maintenance standards.
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Overcrowding a problem in SA prisons
Large numbers of awaiting-trial prisoners appear to be the reason for South Africa’s grossly overcrowded prisons, some by more than 300% of capacity.
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Raped by the system
According to experts and ex-prisoners, young, good-looking men, homosexuals and white-collar convicts are most vulnerable to prison rapes.
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Siya, a 15-year-old prison commodity
“All the people inside wanted to eat him like they did. I don’t know how many men [raped him], but it was messy.” A formidable, broad woman, Ma Khambule* allows her eyes to water just a little as she recounts the pain of discovering that her 15-year-old son, Siya*, was allegedly raped “many, many times” […]
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Back in his cell, Mathe questioned by Balfour
Correctional Services Minister Ngconde Balfour questioned escapee Annanias Mathe at the Pretoria prison on Saturday to learn more about the circumstances of Mathe’s latest attempt to escape.
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Mathe in another escape attempt
Annanias Mathe, one the country’s most notorious criminals, has tried to escape from prison again.
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TV, guns, fridges — Brazil prisoner had it all
With a plasma TV, a DVD player, 000 in cash, gym equipment, two refrigerators and a couple of guns, Genilson Lino da Silva had everything he needed for a luxurious life — in his Brazilian prison cell.
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We’ll tell all, say warders
Striking prisons men threaten to reveal truth about jail conditions.