Unsustainable and unjust: Criminal justice policy and remand detention since 1994
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Date
2014
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Institute for Security Studies (ISS)
Abstract
The 'tough on crime' approach embodied in bail and sentencing law has had a profound impact on the trends around remand detention, including prison overcrowding of such an extent that it is estimated to have contributed to an additional 8 500 natural deaths in custody. Ultimately the policies have led, in practice, to an 'Alice in Wonderland' effect: fewer people are being tried and sentenced, while more than ever are denied their freedom without ever being tried in a court of law.
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Criminal Procedure Act (CPA), Criminal law, Legislation, Sentencing, Bill of Rights, Constitution, South Africa
Citation
Redpath, J. (2014). Unsustainable and unjust: Criminal justice policy and remand detention since 1994. South African Crime Quarterly, 48: 25 - 37