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Journal Article: Africa, Prisons and COVID-19
Africa’s prisons are a long-standing concern for rights defenders given the prevalence of rights abuses, overcrowding, poor conditions of detention and the ...
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ACJR INFO SHEET 1: The operation of courts, police and correctional services during COVID-19 lock-down
This information sheet sets out the provisions per regulation concerning the functioning of the criminal justice system under the COVID-19 lock-down. Some ...
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Journal Article: Africa, Prisons and COVID-19
Africa’s prisons are a long-standing concern for rights defenders given the prevalence of rights abuses, overcrowding, poor conditions of detention and the ...
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Op-ed: COVID-19: Prisons, overcrowding and preventing transmission
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Op-ed: The 81% matric pass rate of prisoners is nothing to crow about as the number of convicts writing the exam is frightful
The number of prisoners writing matric is so frightfully small that we are left pondering how this is even possible 27 years into democracy. The fewer than 200 ...
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Resources on South African Criminal Justice System: Prisons
Africa Criminal Justice Reform (ACJR) has produced research on the South African criminal justice system relating to prisons. This resource list contains ...
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Libya: Legacy of the Past, Prospects for the Future - Human Rights and the Management of Libyan Prisons
by Andy Barclay & Colin Allen, International Centre for Prison Studies, Kings College, London. Paper presented at The Middle East Centre at St. Antony’s ...
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Book chapter: The Impact of Covid-19 on Prison Conditions and Penal Policy
The Impact of COVID-19 on Prison Conditions and Penal Policy presents the results of a worldwide exchange of information on the impact of COVID-19 in prisons. ...
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DJF response to findings by JICS on solitary confinement in SA prisons
The Detention Justice Forum (DJF) released a statement in response to the findings of the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Service on solitary ...
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Journal Article: Ten years after the Jali Commission: The state of South Africa's prisons
Ten years have lapsed since the Jali Commission’s final report became publicly available, and
it is therefore an opportune time to assess the state of South ...
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