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Prisoners' access to anti-retroviral treatment
(Civil Society Prison Reform Initiative, 2006)
Prisoners are susceptible to a number of illness and diseases. This may relate to the conditions of prisons themselves (e.g. poor ventilation is associated with TB), life style (e.g. poor nutrition and substance abuse), ...
A Review of the Judicial Inspectorate of Prisons of South
(Law, Democracy & Development, 2005)
Independent prison inspectorates and the oversight of prisons by laymen are designed to contribute to improving prison conditions and protecting the human rights of prisoners. The South African model, the Judicial Inspectorate ...
Preventing and combating torture in South Africa: a framework for action under CAT and OPCAT
(Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation & Civil Society Prison Reform Initiative, 2008)
This booklet aims to provide more information to decision-makers and stakeholders on the challenges relating to preventing and combating torture; and also outlines South Africa’s obligations under CAT and OPCAT. These two ...
Policy and practice in South African prisons: an update
(Law, Democracy & Development, 2005)
In June 2003, the Civil Society Prison Reform Initiative (CSPRI) released a policy review concerning major developments in penal policy in South Africa since the advent of constitutionalism in 1994. This paper was widely ...
Stop prison rape in South Africa
(Agenda, 2007)
South Africa has some of the highest rates of rape in the world. Activists have drawn attention to the devastating effect this has on women and children. However, insufficient attention has been paid to rape - predominantly ...
The betrayal of Steve Biko – South Africa’s initial report to the UN Committee against torture and responses from civil society
(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 ...
'A short history of time' charting the contribution of social development service delivery to enhance child justice 1996-2006
(Journal of Social Work, 2007)
The starting point of this article has been selected as 1996 for several reasons. That year was characterised by three signal events in the history of child justice in South Africa. First, 1996 heralded the adoption of the ...
Juvenile justice review 1999-2000
(South African Journal of Criminal Justice, 2001)
The two years covered in this review have seen major developments in the juvenile justice sphere. Not only have several important judicial decisions been handed down, but the process of law reform has advanced significantly ...
South Africa's Heart of Darkness: Sex crimes and child offenders: some trends
(South African Crime Quarterly, 2003)
It is a source of great concern that the number of sexual offences committed by children is apparently on the increase. Given that the Child Justice Bill provides for a separate criminal justice process for children, and ...
Ex-prisoners' views on imprisonment and re-entry
(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 ...