Browsing Civil Society Prison Reform by Subject "South Africa"

The appointment and dismissal of the NDPP: Instability since 1998

Africa Criminal Justice Reform (Dullah Omar Institute, 2018)

The position of National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) has emerged since 1998 as one of the most unstable positions in government. This can to a large degree t be ascribed to how appointments and dismissals are ...

The betrayal of Steve Biko – South Africa’s initial report to the UN Committee against torture and responses from civil society

Lukas, Muntingh (Law, Democracy & Development, 2008)

This article will focus on State Party obligations in respect of reporting to the UN Committee against Torture (the Committee) under article 19(1)17 of CAT and more particularly on civil society’s interaction with the ...

Challenges to effective prison governance in South Africa

Chris, Tapscott (Law, Democracy & Development, 2006)

In an attempt to broaden the debate on prison reform in South Africa, this article reports on the findings of the investigation into the status of governance in selected prisons around the country. The study. which set out ...

The changing face of life imprisonment in South Africa

Jamil Ddamulira, Mujuzi (Civil Society Prison Reform Initiative, 2008)

This article investigates the meaning and use of life imprisonment in South Africa in four major legal historical eras: life imprisonment at the time when the death penalty was still lawful in South Africa (including life ...

Community safety, offender re-entry and local government

Muntingh, Lukas; Naude, Johan (Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2012)

This paper examines the issue of “Community safety, offender re-entry and local government” in South Africa. The impact of the release of large numbers of prisoners back into society on a monthly basis poses particular ...

Corruption in the prison context

Lukas, Muntingh (Civil Society Prison Reform Initiative, 2006)

The point of departure of this paper is that, in general, corruption is a human rights issue, which is accentuated in the prison context given the nature of imprisonment. Three factors create an intrinsic risk for corruption ...

The criminalization of torture in South Africa

Lukas, Muntingh; Lovell, Fernandez (Journal of African Law, 2016)

This article describes the politics related to the criminalization of torture in South Africa. It studies the differences between torture as an international crime and as a crime under international human rights law. The ...

The Criminalization of Torture in South Africa

Fernandez, Lovell; Muntingh, Lukas (2016)

This article describes the politics related to the criminalization of torture in South Africa. It studies the differences between torture as an international crime and as a crime under international human rights law. The ...

The effect of sentencing on the size of the South African prison population

Chris, Giffard; Lukas, Muntingh (Open Society Foundation for South Africa, 2006-10)

That South African prisons are experiencing serious and growing overcrowding problem is well-known to anyone with an interest in the criminal justice sector. Particularly since 2000 the widening gap between available prison ...

Ex-prisoners' views on imprisonment and re-entry

Lukas, Muntingh (Civil Society Prison Reform Initiative, 2009)

This research project gathered information from ex-prisoners about their experiences during and after imprisonment. Knowing what prison system users think and say about the system is important because they are ultimately ...

Expungement of a criminal record Crimes committed by a child

Africa Criminal Justice Reform (Dullah Omar Institute, 2018)

Expungement removes the criminal record of your conviction from the Criminal Record Centre of the South African Police Service (SAPS). This allows a person to carry on with life without a criminal record being an obstruction ...

Expungement of a criminal record May 2018 Crimes committed by an adult

Africa Criminal Justice Reform (2018)

Expungement removes the criminal record of your conviction from the Criminal Record Centre of the South African Police Service (SAPS).This allows a person to carry on with life without a criminal record being an obstruction ...

Failing to discipline in SAPS - Fostering a culture of impunity

Africa Criminal Justice Reform (Dullah Omar Institute, 2019)

It is with unfortunate regularity that we read reports in the media about corrupt South African Police Service (SAPS) officials and officials implicated in other crimes, including human rights violations. Indicative of ...

Failing to prosecute? Assessing the State of the National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa

Redpath, J (Institute for Security Studies, 2012)

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) is pivotal not only in the criminal justice system, but also in the proper functioning of South Africa’s democracy. This monograph focuses on the independence, accountability and ...

Guide to the UN Convention against torture in South Africa

Lukas, Muntingh (Civil Society Prison Reform Initiative, 2008)

This publication is a guide to the UN Convention against Torture and Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) for the South African context. The guide is furthermore aimed at civil society organisations ...

Guidelines and principles on imprisonment and the prevention of torture under the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights - how relevant are they for South Africa?

Muntingh, Lukas (Faculty of Law, UWC, 2013)

It must be regarded as a peculiarity that the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights makes no specific mention of prisoners’ rights and that these rights have to be inferred from overall reading of the Charter, and ...