Surveying the prisons landscape - what the numbers tell us

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorLukas, Muntingh
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-05T13:29:15Z
dc.date.available2019-12-05T13:29:15Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.description.abstractThis article will make observations and describe trends using available prison statistics in order to offer a quantitative perspective on the issues of democracy and human rights in South African prisons. In chis sense, we are asking the question: what can and should we expect of prisons in our constitutional democracy? The Correctional Services Act 1 1 of 1998 was promulgated in full in October 2004 after having been in limbo for six years. The legislative framework has now, for the first time. been brought into line with the Constitution. The key section in the Constitution in this regard is 35(2)(e), which states: Everyone who is detained, including every sentenced prisoner. has the right to conditions of detention that are consistent with human dignity, including at least exercise and the provision. at state expense, of adequate accommodation, nutrition. reading maternal and medical treatment.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMuntingh, LM. 2005. Surveying the prisons landscape - what the numbers tell us. Law, Democracy and Development. 21-44en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/5104
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherLaw, Democracy & Developmenten_US
dc.subjectPrisonsen_US
dc.subjectDemocracyen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subjectUnsentenced prisonersen_US
dc.subjectGenderen_US
dc.subjectRaceen_US
dc.titleSurveying the prisons landscape - what the numbers tell usen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Muntingh_surveying the prisons landscape_(2005).pdf
Size:
1.67 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.71 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download

Collections

Civil Society Prison Reform