CSPRI '30 Days/Dae/Izinsuku' April 2008

Download the latest media reports in prison reform. Reports include issues on governance and corruption; safe custody & torture; unsentenced prisoners; prison construction; etc.

Newspaper articles in this issue include:

Police officer allegedly tampered with Yengeni's blood sample
Torture in South Africa prisons remains a challenge, Human Rights Commission chief
Department to investigate the cause of prison gang violence
Prisoners awaiting trial for years because of lack of enough judges
Prisoner's relative suggests correctional supervision instead of imprisonment
Five new prisons will cost a lot more than estimated
Department discovers escape of internationally wanted criminal after 8 days

and much more ...