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The Nelson Mandela Rules are the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, revised and unanimously adopted by the UN General Assembly ...

The treatment of prisoners in South Africa is governed by a layered framework that draws on the Constitution, the Correctional Services Act 111 of 1998, ...

Yes, prisoners in South Africa may study while serving their sentences. Education is recognised as a central pillar of rehabilitation under the Correctional Services Act ...

If a family member is being held in a South African correctional centre and you want them to have a laptop for study, work, or ...

As a general rule, sentenced prisoners and remand detainees in South Africa may not keep personal laptops in their cells. A laptop is treated as ...

Having a loved one incarcerated hundreds of kilometres from home is one of the hardest parts of a prison sentence for any family. Long travel, ...

When a family member is moved from one correctional centre to another, relatives are often the last to be told. An inmate transfer search, in ...

Moving an inmate from one prison to another is a routine but legally regulated step in the South African correctional system. The Department of Correctional ...

When a sentenced offender or an awaiting-trial detainee is moved from one correctional centre to another, the decision is never made by the prisoner, the ...