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Cape Town man beaten to death in police cells
A 48-year-old man arrested for being drunk in public was beaten to death in a Durbanville, Cape Town, police cell in the early hours of Saturday 21 April 2012.
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CSPRI Launch of "Children in Prison in South Africa"
The research report "Children in Prison in South Africa," is a situational analysis of children in both sentenced and remand detention facilities in the ...
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President Zuma "releases" Cele as police chief, appoints Phiyega
Police Chief Bheki Cele was fired by Mr Zuma on 12 June after the president received a report compiled by a board of inquiry chaired by retired Justice Jake ...
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Report on Children in Prison in South Africa
"An important finding is that the policies in respect of the services and activities available to children are varied and inconsistent. Inconsistencies exist ...
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Guide to the UN Convention against Torture in South Africa
"This publication aims to provide guidance on how the UN Convention against Torture and Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) can be used ...
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McCallum v South Africa, UN Doc CCPR/C/100/D/1818/2008 (2 November 2010)
The Human Rights Committee has found that South Africa violated a prisoner’s rights not to be tortured or treated in a cruel, inhuman or degrading manner and ...
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Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services (JICS): Quarterly report: 1 January to 31 March 2012
The Judicial Inspectorate Quarterly Report for the period 01 January – 31 March 2012 articulates the activities within the three core programmes of the ...
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South African Torture Bill Parliamentary hearings
An advertisement in the Sunday Times has announced that public hearings on the Prevention and Combating of Torture of Persons Bill will take place on Tuesday ...
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A decade awaiting trial draws to a close for South African treason trialists
Du Toit brothers arrested in 2002, found guilty in 2012.
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Draft White Paper on Remand Detention Management in South Africa
Following the outcome of an interdepartmental project led by the DCS aimed at re-engineering the way in which awaiting trial detainees are dealt with, ...
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