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Parole in South Africa is not a fixed-length sentence. It is the part of an offender’s court-imposed sentence that they serve in the community, under ...

Being arrested or detained in South Africa does not strip you of your constitutional protections. One of the most important is the right to speak ...

When a family member has just had a parole hearing, the first question that follows is almost always the same: how long before they actually ...

Parole revocation in South Africa does not happen on suspicion alone. Before the Correctional Supervision and Parole Board can cancel a parolee’s release under the ...

Correctional supervision and parole are often used as if they mean the same thing. They do not. Correctional supervision is a sentence a court can ...

An appeal in South Africa is a legal process through which a person who is unhappy with a court’s decision asks a higher court to ...

A criminal conviction or sentence is not always the last word on a matter. South African law gives a convicted person, and in limited cases ...

Parole in South Africa is not the end of a sentence. It is the final, supervised stage of it, and it comes with a strict ...

A parole violation attorney in South Africa is an admitted attorney who represents parolees and detainees before the Correctional Supervision and Parole Board, at breach ...