Browsing Civil Society Prison Reform by Subject "Unsentenced prisoners"
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The effect of sentencing on the size of the South African prison population
(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 ... -
Surveying the prisons landscape - what the numbers tell us
(Law, Democracy & Development, 2005)This article will make observations and describe trends using available prison statistics in order to offer a quantitative perspective on the issues of democracy and human rights in South African prisons. In chis sense, ...