CSPRI '30 Days/Dae/Izinsuku' February 2009
Topics covered in February's issue include: Governance and Corruption; Prison Gangs; Sentencing and Parole; Prison Construction; Unsentenced Prisoners; Prisoners’ Rights; Elections 2009; Rehabilitation; Security And Escapes and ; Other African Countries.
Newspaper articles include:
- Correctional Services Minister accused of interfering in the tender process;
- Number of prison gang-related incidents down;
- Opposition party calls for hard labour in prison;
- Finance Minister allocates money for new prisons;
- Former awaiting trial prisoner publishes books on her experience in prison;
- Court orders the Department of Correctional Services to release
medical report of deceased
prisoner; - CSPRI emphasises prisoners’ right to vote; and
- Correctional Services Department to lay compliant against lawyer for interviewing prisoner.