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Mother of murdered inmate demands justice

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Prison Journalism

Prison Journalism: What panties will I wear when I get out?

Watch POPCRU urges government to do away with private prisons video
Prison Journalism

Prison Journalism: I used to steal. Then someone stole from me

murdered inmate
Bloemfontein

Mother of murdered inmate demands justice

underwear, commando, health, genital, experts
Prison Journalism

Prison Journalism: What panties will I wear when I get out?

Watch POPCRU urges government to do away with private prisons video
Prison Journalism

Prison Journalism: I used to steal. Then someone stole from me

Dance in prison
World News

Dance classes giving more prisoners hope

By Agence France-Presse28-11-2022 16:20

With little hope around them, prisoners in a high-security correction facility have found the light at the end of the tunnel with DANCE.

inmates
News

No inmates tried to escape in Gayton’s second chance programme

By Siso Naile17-11-2022 21:49

Gayton McKenzie is filled with joy and pride after inmates completed major repairs to the home of a GBV victim in the area

Life sentence
World News

Man who killed six in driving rampage given a LIFE sentence

By Agence France-Presse17-11-2022 16:30

A man who plowed his sports utility vehicle into a Christmas parade killing six people, was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison.

Prison conditions in South Africa
News

Prison conditions in South Africa need an URGENT upgrade

By Ground Up14-11-2022 15:59

The Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services has asked the Parliament to intervene on prison conditions in Mzansi.

Man gets HIV after serving unwarranted time in prison
News

Man contracts HIV while unjustly spending two years in prison

By Ground Up13-11-2022 20:41

Man who contracted HIV and was forcibly tattooed while in jail was awarded R2-million in damages for unjustly spending two years in prison.

Watch way that phones are smuggled into prisons video
News

WATCH | HOW phones are SMUGGLED into prisons [VIDEO]

By Ramadhani Kusaga12-11-2022 12:38

Need your news quickly? Watch daily News in a minute videos from The South African YouTube page for all that you really need to know!

Couple in jail for plot to SELL submarine secrets
World News

Bonnie and Clyde! Couple in jail for plot to sell NUCLEAR secrets

By Agence France-Presse10-11-2022 01:44

An engineer and his wife were sentenced to long prison terms for plotting to SELL submarine secrets to a foreign country.

UN demands Alaa Abdel Fattah release
World News

UN demands release of hunger-striking Abdel Fattah to save his life

By Agence France-Presse08-11-2022 23:41

The UN has called on Egypt to immediately release Alaa Abdel Fattah, a jailed dissident on hunger strike, saying his life was at risk.

MSF says children living in open prison
World News

MSF says children are living in ‘open air prison’ in Syria

By Agence France-Presse08-11-2022 02:45

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has deplored the fate of thousands of children living in “a giant open air prison” at Syria’s Al-Hol camp.

prison
News

SA prisons are overcrowded – but by how much?

By Rorisang Kgosana24-07-2022 06:00

The number of the prison population continues to increase while capacity for such perpetrators is insufficient.

Suu Kyi
World News

Myanmar ex-leader Suu Kyi sent to solitary confinement in prison

By Agence France-Presse24-06-2022 12:51

Myanmar ex-leader and a Nobel laureate Suu Kyi has been moved from house arrest to solitary confinement in a prison, source said Thursday

Euthanasia
News

‘Right-to-die’: South African doctor freed after 3 year euthanasia sentence

By Agence France-Presse21-06-2022 07:50

Sean Davison who was convicted of premeditated murders of three people he helped to die, was released Monday after 3 year euthanasia sentence

How to murder your husband
News

‘How to murder your husband’ writer sentenced to life in prison

By Agence France-Presse15-06-2022 08:30

‘How to murder your husband’ writer Nancy Crampton Brophy, 71, was sentenced to life in prison for a real murder of her husband, judge said

presidential candidate
Africa News

Ex-presidential candidate sentenced to 15 years in prison

By Agence France-Presse30-05-2022 13:39

Former presidential candidate Abdelmoneim Aboul Fotouh was sentenced 15 years in prison for spreading false news and incitement against state

Joao Rendeiro, Portugal, Portuguese banker, Portuguese Private Bank, Interpol, Umhlanga Rocks, north of Durban, Westville Prison, KZN
News

Fugitive Portuguese banker Joao Rendeiro dies in SA custody

By Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty13-05-2022 14:18

After fleeing his country, Portuguese banker Joao Rendeiro was arrested in SA and kept in custody until his death.

underworld prison
News

11 suspects sentenced to jail for maintaining an ‘underworld prison’

By Agence France-Presse12-05-2022 14:44

11 suspects sentenced to jail for maintaining an underworld prison with a torture chamber inside shipping containers, Dutch court Wednesday.

US prison official who fled wi
News

US prison official who fled with inmate DIES after shooting herself

By Thabo Baloyi10-05-2022 09:30

Vicky White had just retired as a prison official when she fled with a 38-year-old man awaiting trial on a capital murder case

Ukrainian residents
News

A pregnant soldier and other 13 Ukrainians freed in prisoner exchange

By Agence France-Presse01-05-2022 17:20

A pregnant soldier and other 13 Ukrainians have been freed in prisoner exchange with Russia forces, Ukraine said on Saturday

Department of Correctional Services, DCS, prison visits, visits reinstated, prisoners, correctional facilities, immediate effect
News

DCS reinstates prison visits across SA with immediate effect

By Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty08-04-2022 09:06

After reviewing COVID-19 risk-adjusted strategies, the DCS decided to make a decision on prison visits for those who qualify.

NSFAS NRF
News

Sibongile Mani: South Africans call for a lesser or suspended sentence

By Nokwanda Ncwane30-03-2022 18:20

South Africans have called for a lesser or suspended sentence after Sibongile Mani was sentenced to 5 years direct imprisonment.

R Kelly
Celeb News

Prison idols: R Kelly serenades fan over the phone [listen]

By Nokuthula Ngcobo23-03-2022 19:18

R Kelly was allegedly asked by a female fan to sing for her after she found out he is in the same prison as her dad.

95 years in prison for sexual crimes
News

95 years in prison for sexual crimes

By Liam Ngobeni07-03-2022 14:18

The hefty prison sentences were meted out by the Oudtshoorn Regional Court for sexual-related crimes this past month.

25-year-old charged with murder of his grandmother
Mpumalanga

25-year-old man charged with murder of his grandmother

By Liam Ngobeni03-03-2022 15:44

“It is alleged that on 28 February 2022, the accused and his 68-year-old grandmother had a heated argument.”

Making difference: Iran ‘jail
News

Making difference: Iran ‘jail restaurant’ aims to free bad debt inmates

By Agence France-Presse08-02-2022 07:48

Two Iranian ex-prisoners have opened a successful “jail restaurant” to help raise funds to free convicts languishing behind bars for unpaid debts.

Tragedy: Death toll reaches 70
World News

Tragedy: Death toll reaches 70 on Yemen prison Airstrike

By Agence France-Presse22-01-2022 06:10

At least 70 people were killed in an air strike on a prison as Yemen’s long-running conflict suffered a dramatic escalation Friday that drew condemnation from UN chief Antonio Guterres.

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