[PRISON OVERCROWDING]

PUBLICATIONS ON PRISON OVERCROWDING IN SOUTH AFRICA

ISS Research

8000 Early Releases

Makhubetse Sekhonyane, Article Published in The Sowetan, 12 August 2003

Are Early Releases a Solution to Prison Overcrowding?

Makhubetse Sekhonyane, Article Published in The Sowetan, 15 July 2003

Other ISS Research on Corrections

Court Judgements

S v Mouers; S v Slinger, Northern Cape High Court, 11 November 2005 (PDF 14kb)

Memoranda and Reports

Report on Visit to Leeukop Prison by JB Gresse, Visiting Attorney, 24 January 2006 (PDF 29kb)

Memorandum from the Inspecting Judge on Replacing the Minimum Sentence Legislation with Sentencing Guidelines, 19 January 2006 (PDF 19kb)

Report on Visit to Krugersdorp Prison by JB Gresse, Visiting Attorney, 8 December 2005 (PDF 67kb)

Other Publications

THE WITNESS Imbizo ‘heals’ communities
Janine Jellars - Wed, 17 May 2006 (PDF 18kb)

No quick-fix solution to problem of overcrowding in SA’s prisons

Jonny Steinberg - a freelance writer, Business Day, 10 April 2006 (PDF 14kb)

Blessed are the Peacemakers: Victim-Offender Mediation in the Criminal Justice System – A Practical Example (PDF 18kb)
G.H. Van Rooyen, Magistrate, Greytown

A Model for Community Corrections Residential Centres in South Africa from a Social Work Perspective (PDF 131kb) / Appendix 1 (PDF 33kb)

AEM van der Westhuizen and A Lombard, Acta Criminologica 18(3) 2005

Prison Overcrowding in Namibia: The Problem and Suggested Solutions (PDF 157kb)

Sufian Hemed Bukurura, Acta Criminologica 16(1) 2003