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After serving 9 years of an 18-year sentence for armed robbery, Thulani Ndlovu has founded Zonk’izizwe Odds Development, an NGO fighting to get prisoners’ rights on the national agenda.
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The Detention Justice Forum (‘DJF’) is a coalition of civil society organisations working to ensure that the rights and well-being of all detainees are respected and upheld, as enshrined under the South African Constitution, laws, and international human rights norms …
Prison oversight mechanisms are vital to the protection and promotion of inmates’ human rights. The Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services (“JICS”) therefore is an important and necessary institution. However, in order for JICS to be effective, it requires strong independence …
This question was posed by Sonke’s National Prison’s Specialist, Ariane Nevin at the 21st International AIDS Conference in Durban in a poster she presented on Sonke’s work on HIV an TB in prisons. Nevin asked how useful an advocacy tool …
Ariane Nevin hosts a presentation on public litigation as an advocacy tool to mitigate HIV and TB in prisons.
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National Prisons Specialist Ariane Nevin explains the case of inmate Tumelo Mapodile, currently incarcerated at Johannesburg Medium B Correctional Centre.
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The South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has ordered the Department of Justice and Correctional Services to move an LGBTI prisoner to a single cell or to a cell with inmates of the same sexual orientation. Tumelo Mapodile, an LGBTI …
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Pollsmoor Remand Detention has been overcrowded for the last decade, hovering between 200 and 300 percent capacity. In April 2015, in terms of section 99 of the Correctional Services Act, Justice Cameron visited the remand section, which holds detainees awaiting …
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Sonke Gender Justice is pleased to invite you to the launch of ‘By the Grace of God’: A research report on the staffing establishment and staffing numbers of the Department of Correctional Services and its impact on the daily lives of …
Sonke and Lawyers for Human Rights launch a semi-urgent court application in response to overcrowding and inhumane conditions in Pollsmoor.
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Ground Up’s Barbara Maregele reports on the Detention Justice Forum’s fight to improve conditions for staff and detainees at Pollsmoor.
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Eight current and former detainees launch complaints against the Department of Correctional Services.
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Interdict by NGOs demands actions be taken to improve conditions for inmates – Ruth Hopkins reports in the Mail & Guardian.
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In the matter between Sonke Gender Justice and the Government of the Republic of South Africa concerning the Pollsmoor Remand Detention Facility.
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