After armed men staged an audacious prison break on Wednesday, KZN police are scrambling to track down 16 of the 45 prisoners who got loose.

Someone needs to pour cold water on these occupants and officials inside KZN’s jails: Yet another ‘prison sex scandal’ has rocked the province this week.

A warden and an inmate caught ‘having it off’ in a leaked prison sex video have been shown no mercy by a disciplinary panel in Ncome, KZN.

A prisoner-guard romp inside this KZN prison has become a major talking point across South Africa – but several facts have been distorted by fake news.

The worst-case scenario has become a reality for SA’s Justice Department: The KZN prisoner-guard sex tape has, illegaly, been uploaded to a ‘leading porn site’.

Both a prisoner and a guard at the Ncome facility in KZN are facing disciplinary action, after they were filmed having sex inside the jail.

A new set of law amendments has given SARS the power to imprison citizens should they not comply.

Broadcast journalist Raphael Rowe was locked up in Brandvlei Correctional Centre in the Western Cape, home to the notorious Number gangs.

A manhunt has been launched following the escape of two sentenced prisoners from the Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional Centre.

Ronaldinho has finally been released by Paraguayan authorities after being locked up for five months due to a forged passport

According to the South African Police Service (SAPS) in the Eastern Cape, the men are believed to be very dangerous and members of the public have been warned to not approach them, but instead make contact with law enforcement

The 69 prisoners, who were awaiting trial, escaped from the Malmesbury Remand Detention Facility on Friday, 24 July 2020 after managing to overpower officials during exercise just after noon

Police in the Western Cape have launched a massive manhunt after several inmates escaped from a Malmesbury prison on Friday 24 July.

The water at the Brandvlei Correctional Centre was cut off from 8 to 18 July, with prison inmates given a “dustbin” filled with water.

A 40-year-old inmate, accused of rape, attempted murder and assault, was found dead in his prison cell on Tuesday morning.

Following the release fo 19 000 prisoners on parole in May, the DA say that government has not informed them of the inmates prior records.

A group of prisoners in the Eastern Cape are facing severe punishments, after they barricaded themselves inside a cell and filmed their antics.

There have been eight deaths from within the prison system, and calls for mothers with children behind bars to be released are growing.

A riot is understood to have broken out at a prison in Lusikisiki on Thursday 7 May, with inmates complaining of human rights violations.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised the parole of almost 19 000 low-risk offenders. What constitutes a petty crime though?

‘There is every reason to fear that the virus may spread more fearsomely within our correctional system, and soon’.

Due to overcrowding, prisons are considered volatile hotbeds of infection.

Prisoners say that if they don’t get protection, they will embark on a protest of disobedience, nudity and hunger strikes.

A concerning number of inmates and prison officials have tested positive for the deadly virus at the East London Correctional Centre.

Prisons are a nightmare when it comes to maintaining social distancing, with 26 people having tested positive for COVID-19 at a correctional facility in East London.