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A Comparative Study of Bail Legislation in Malawi, Mozambique and Burundi
The deprivation of liberty is a serious intervention in any person’s life, and therefore the possibility of releasing an accused person from custody pending ...
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A Guide to the Rights of Inmates as described in the Correctional Services Act and Regulations (Revised 2017)
Inmates' rights in South Africa
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A Review of Civilian Oversight over Correctional Services in the Last Decade (Research Paper No. 4)
The restricted and hidden nature of the prison regime was dramatically apparent in apartheid South Africa, where prisons shunned outside scrutiny and ...
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A Review of the Judicial Inspectorate of Prisons of South Africa (Research Paper No. 7)
This paper reviews the effectiveness of the Judicial Inspectorate in fulfilling this mandate as an oversight structure.
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A study of best practice in prison governance (Research Paper No. 9)
Despite the fact that the Department of Correctional Services has attracted significant media attention as a result of the Jali Commission's investigations, ...
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A Survey Report on the Application of Bond and Bail Legislation in Zambia 2014
This report by the Zambian Human Rights Commission was based on a survey conducted to collect information on factors affecting access and conditions regarding ...
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A5I - CLC statement at the 50th Ordinary Session of the ACHPR
This is the statement that the Community Law Centre (predecessor of the Dullah Omar Institute) and the Article 5 Initiative, a project of which CSPRI was part, ...
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ACJR General Submission 1 on the draft SAPS Amendment Bill
This submission deals with two issues (1) Coordination across the criminal justice system (2) Priorities for reform in SAPS as they pertain to the draft SAPS ...
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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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ACJR INFO SHEET 2: The COVID-19 lock-down simplified
The regulations for the 21-day lock-down starting on midnight 26 March 2020 are set out here in a simplified manner.
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