Prisons, the law and overcrowding

dc.contributor.authorBallard, Claire
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-05T13:47:52Z
dc.date.available2019-12-05T13:47:52Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractThis chapter is about a long-standing problem in the South African criminal justice sector that, despite an overhaul of the prison legislation after the enactment of the final Constitution, continues, twenty years on, to plague the Department of Correctional Services and, of course, those who are incarcerated in the country’s prisons. I examine both the causes and the effects of overcrowding as well as the constitutional implications, and argue that currently the rights of inmates detained in overcrowded prisons are being infringed and that curative measures on the part of the state are needed urgently. I discuss what remedial measures are, or could be, available, some of which could be employed immediately, and others over the medium to long term.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBallard, C. (2014). 'Prisons, the law and overcrowding' in Pillay, D. Khadiagala, GM. Naidoo, P. and Southall, R (eds) 'New South African Review 4', Johannesburg: Wits University Pressen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/5158
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWits University Pressen_US
dc.subjectPrisonsen_US
dc.subjectOvercrowdingen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subjectPrison lawsen_US
dc.titlePrisons, the law and overcrowdingen_US
dc.typeBook chapteren_US

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