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Guide to the UN Convention against torture in South Africa
(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 ...
The changing face of life imprisonment in South Africa
(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 ...
A descriptive analysis of South African and Islamic abortion legislation and local Muslim community responses
(Yozmot Heiliger Ltd, 2002)
The issue of abortion has been the subject of much debate in the recent past in South Africa. Prior to 1996 abortion legislation was punitive and therefore one with which conservative Muslims could identify. Since 1996 the ...
Prisoners’ right of access to antiretroviral treatment
(ESR Review, 2006)
Prisoners are susceptible to a number of illness and diseases due, in part, to poor living conditions in prisons (e.g. overcrowding and poor nutrition), substance abuse and sexual violence (e.g. male rape). The rate of HIV ...
NICRO diversion options
(National Institute for Crime Prevention and the Rehabilitation of Offenders, 2000)
Since 1994 South Africa has faced many challenges but none so widely experienced as crime. The day-to-day perceptions of living in South Africa are characterised by crime, violence and uncertainty. The criminal justice ...
Prisoner re-entry in Cape Town - an exploratory study
(Civil Society Prison Reform Initiative, 2008)
This study is concerned with the immediate post-release period and asked a very simple question: “What happens to people immediately after they have been released from prison?” The question is aimed at gaining a deeper and ...
Turning paper promises to reality: National Human Rights Institutions and adolescent's sexual and reproductive rights in Africa
(Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, 2008)
This article examines the history of national human rights institutions (NHRIs) in general including their establishment in Africa. Using examples from three countries - Malawi, Nigeria and South Africa - it critically ...
Punishment and deterrence: don’t expect prisons to reduce crime
(SA Crime Quarterly, 2008)
The belief is thoroughly entrenched that prisons fulfil the triple function of punishing offenders, making society safer by removing dangerous individuals, and deterring potential offenders from committing crime. The fact ...
Reaching A Verdict: The impact of minimum sentencing
(South African Crime Quarterly, 2007)
The so-called ‘temporary’ minimum sentencing legislation introduced into South African law in 1998 is still in place. The legislation was passed largely in response to high crime rates at the time and the perceived leniency ...
Reducing prison violence: implications from the literature for South Africa
(Civil Society Prison Reform Initiative, 2009)
In the past 15 years the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has faced numerous challenges whilst trying to re‐invent itself. This has not been an easy road and in many regards the route to penetrative transformation ...