Browsing Civil Society Prison Reform by Subject "Prison overcrowding"

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    • 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 ...

    • The numbering of days: Sentencing and prison population growth 

      Muntingh, Lukas; Giffard, Chris (Institute for Security Studies (ISS), 2007)
      On 30 May 2007 the Criminal Law Amendment Bill (15 of 2007) was tabled in Parliament, proposing amendments to what has become known as the 'minimum sentences' legislation. The proposed amendments herald another chapter in ...