prisons

The Covid-19 recovery rate at SA prisons is now 88.8%. The department has recorded a total of 6 448 cases, with 4 116 of these among officials and the remaining 2 332 among inmates.There are currently 363 active cases among officials and 256 among inmates. The number of deaths is 103, with 60 of these…

Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, Ronald Lamola. The Department of Justice and Correctional Service has, in the last five years, added 2 650 extra beds at prisons.In the next five years, it plans to add another 3 006 extra bed spaces.The Eastern Cape and Gauteng have recorded the highest prison overpopulation figures.Government has in the…

Ramaphosa authorises release of low-risk inmates to combat spread of Covid-19 in prisons"They will be considered on a case-by-case basis and those who qualify will be placed on parole after all the due processes including Victim Offender Dialogues, have accordingly unfolded," Lamola said.Crimes of needThe only inmates that are eligible for release are those who…

(Reuters) - When the first cases of the new coronavirus surfaced in Ohio’s prisons, the director in charge felt like she was fighting a ghost. FILE PHOTO: The exterior of the Marion Correctional Institution where there have been positive cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Marion, Ohio, U.S., April 22, 2020. REUTERS/Dane Rhys“We weren’t…

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