South Africa’s prison system is facing a severe safety crisis, with 30 inmates dying of unnatural causes in just nine months last year, a parliamentary committee has heard....
A Quiet Transfer That Spoke Loudly Just days before Christmas, Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala was quietly moved out of Pretoria, but the implications of that transfer are...
For the second time in just over a year, convicted murderer Najwa Petersen has been told she is not yet fit for freedom. The Correctional Supervision...
Five years of agonizing silence have been shattered by a dramatic breakthrough in the mysterious disappearance of Quinton “Doenas” Plaatjies, a retired senior correctional services official....
In a powerful and unconventional move to combat graft, the Border Management Authority (BMA) is bringing the stark consequences of corruption directly to the front lines....
For two decades, the Matthews family has lived with a wound that refuses to close. Now, with the news that Donovan Moodley, the man who kidnapped...
South Africa’s prison system is under the harsh spotlight once again, with revelations that more than 400 inmate deaths remain unaccounted for. A recent parliamentary briefing...
South Africa’s prisons are still fighting a relentless battle: keeping drugs out of correctional centres. Despite tightened security, contraband continues to slip through the cracks, undermining...
An urgent legal lifeline that’s barely working, and the numbers show it South Africa’s prisons are bursting at the seams. The laws designed to ease this...
Correctional Services rejects torture accusations as inmate refuses court appearance The Pretoria High Court was thrown into disarray on Wednesday morning when murder accused Fisokuhle Ntuli,...