The numbering of days: Sentencing and prison population growth

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Date

2007

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Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

Abstract

On 30 May 2007 the Criminal Law Amendment Bill (15 of 2007) was tabled in Parliament, proposing amendments to what has become known as the 'minimum sentences' legislation. The proposed amendments herald another chapter in the prison overcrowding debate in South Africa and will focus attention on the impact of sentencing on the size of the prison population.

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Criminal Law Amendment Bill (15 of 2007), Prison sentences, Legislation, Prison overcrowding, South Africa, Prison population

Citation

Muntingh, L. and Giffard, C. (2007). The numbering of days: Sentencing and prison population growth. South African Crime Quarterly, 20: 21 - 30