Prisons are jammed at more than 50% above capacity. Figures presented to parliament’s correctional services portfolio committee on Tuesday show that SA prisons held 163,179 inmates in the first ...

Minister of Correctional Services Pieter Groenewald says staff shortages within the Department of Correctional Services are creating serious risks for safety, security and service delivery in prisons.

He has spent two years in the correctional facility together with at least 42 other Zimbabwean juveniles. He is still a teenager, but the tattoos on his arms belie his youth. He was convicted of armed ...

A female prisoner was denied a medical termination because there is no overnight medical monitoring at the Adelaide Women's Prison. The Central Adelaide Local Health Network has apologised for what ...