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Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crim of Genocide in the Gaza Strip, January 2024
Brief • January 26, 2024
Filed under: Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO)
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crim of Genocide in the Gaza Strip, January 2024 26 JANUARY 2024 ORDER APPLICATION OF THE CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION AND PUNISHMENT OF THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE IN THE GAZA STRIP (SOUTH AFRICA v. ISRAEL) ___________ APPLICATION DE LA …
International Court of Justice-Republic of South Africa Proceedings Against the State of Israel, Dec 2023
Brief • December 29, 2023
Filed under: International Law
International Court of Justice-Republic of South Africa Proceedings Against the State of Israel, Dec 2023 INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE Peace Palace, Carnegieplein 2, 2517 KJ The Hague, Netherlands Tel.: +31 (0)70 302 2323 Fax: +31 (0)70 364 9928 Website X YouTube LinkedIn Press Release Unofficial No. 2023/77 29 December 2023 …
South Africa Application to ICJ, 2023
Brief • December 28, 2023
Filed under: International Law
South Africa Application to ICJ, 2023 APPLICATION INSTITUTING PROCEEDINGS To the Registrar of the International Court of Justice, the undersigned, being duly authorised by the Government of the Republic of South Africa, state as follows: In accordance with Articles 36 (1) and 40 of the Statute of the Court and …
News in Brief
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: On March 26, 2023, a former state prison guard at Easterling Correctional Facility was arrested for taking bribes to smuggle contraband into the lockup. The Montgomery Advertiser reported that Quindarius Thagard, 27, was fired and charged with use of office for personal gain and promotion …
News In Brief
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News In Brief by Arizona: After two escaped prisoners were recaptured and returned to the Arizona State Prison in Florence on January 31, 2021, Phoenix station KNXV reported that at least part of the blame for their escape was assigned to short-staffing of guards at the state Department of Corrections …
News in Brief
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by California: A guard at San Quentin State Prison and one of two outside co-conspirators were arraigned on September 8, 2021, on federal charges they smuggled cellphones to an unnamed prisoner on death row at the California lockup. According to a statement by the U.S. Department of …
News in Brief
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: On June 9, 2021, a former guard at the Federal Correctional Institution in Aliceville, Alabama, agreed to plead guilty to federal charges that he had sexual intercourse with a prisoner in the laundry room at the women’s prison west of Tuscaloosa. According to the Birmingham …
Conjugal Visits in Prison Discourse - Is It Even an Offender Rehabilitation Option in Africa
Publication • 2021
Filed under: Marriage
Conjugal Visits in Prison Discourse - Is It Even an Offender Rehabilitation Option in Africa M Ss Advanced Journal of Social Science ISSN: 2581-3358 Volume 8, Issue 1, pp. 67-76, 2021 DOI: https://doi.org/10.21467/ajss.8.1.67-76 REVIEW ARTICLE Conjugal Visits in Prisons Discourse: Is it Even an Offender Rehabilitation Option in Africa? Samson …
News in Brief
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: In February 2020, a grand jury in Limestone County, Alabama, returned an indictment for “possession/receipt of a controlled substance” against Travis Wales, a former guard at the Limestone County Correctional Facility in Harvest. According to Columbus, Georgia, TV station WBRL, Wales was arrested in September …
News in Brief
Article • December 5, 2018 • from PLN December, 2018
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Arizona: On March 16, 2018, the Arizona Department of Corrections issued a report that concluded private prison operator CoreCivic (formerly CCA) had properly responded to a February 25, 2018 riot at the Red Rock Correctional Center. The two-hour “major disturbance,” which left 13 prisoners and two …
Imagining a World Without Prisons
Article • April 3, 2018
Filed under: Criminal justice system reform
Imagining a World Without Prisons by James Kilgore  By James Kilgore, Truthout | Op-Ed This story is the seventh in Truthout's "Visions of 2018" series, in which activist leaders answer the question: "What would you like to see created, built, imagined or begun this year?" Each piece will focus on a bold idea …
Institute for Criminal Policy Research - World Prison Population List, 2018
Publication • January 1, 2018
Filed under: Statistics/Trends
Institute for Criminal Policy Research - World Prison Population List, 2018 World Prison Population List twelfth edition Roy Walmsley Introduction This twelfth edition of the World Prison Population List gives details of the number of prisoners held in 223 prison systems in independent countries and dependent territories. It shows the …
World Medical Association Declaration – WMA Declaration of Malta on Hunger Strikes, 2017
Publication • October 1, 2017
Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Retaliation, Hunger Strikes, Protests, Medical, Forcible Treatment, Food, Torture Victims Act
World Medical Association Declaration – WMA Declaration of Malta on Hunger Strikes, 2017 WMA DECLARATION OF MALTA ON HUNGER STRIKERS Adopted by the 43rd World Medical Assembly, St. Julians, Malta, November 1991 and editorially revised by the 44th World Medical Assembly, Marbella, Spain, September 1992 and revised by the 57th …
Incarceration Nations: A Journey to Justice in Prisons Around the World, by Baz Dreisinger
Article • May 5, 2017 • from PLN May, 2017
Filed under: Private Prisons, Commentary/Reviews, International
Incarceration Nations: A Journey to Justice in Prisons Around the World, by Baz Dreisinger by Matthew Clarke book review by Matt Clarke Incarceration Nations by Baz Dreisinger (Other Press, 2016). 325 pages, $19.00 (hardcover). When John Jay College of Criminal Justice Professor Baz Dreisinger began her two-year pilgrimage to prisons …
Shackled South African Prisoner Beaten by GEO Guards Wins Lawsuit
Article • January 10, 2017 • from PLN January, 2017
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Guard Misconduct, Retaliatory Searches, Failure to Treat, Body Cavity Searches, Water, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints
Shackled South African Prisoner Beaten by GEO Guards Wins Lawsuit by Derek Gilna In May 2016, private prison firm The GEO Group, which operates the maximum-security Louis Kutama Sinthumule Correctional Centre in Louis Trichard, South Africa, lost a lawsuit that alleged the company’s guards beat a prisoner while he was …
South African Prison Evacuated Due to Squalor; Two Prisoners Die from Rat-Borne Disease
Article • December 8, 2016 • from PLN December, 2016
Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Totality of Conditions, Failure to Protect (General), Food, Overcrowding, Eighth Amendment, Staffing, Sewage, Water, Sanitation, Bedding, Hygiene Supplies, Vermin, Rural Prisons
South African Prison Evacuated Due to Squalor; Two Prisoners Die from Rat-Borne Disease by Christopher Zoukis As bad as it gets in some U.S. prisons, conditions at the notorious Pollsmoor Prison in Cape Town, South Africa are so abysmal that the government was forced to temporarily close the facility and …
Mangaung and Beyond: Private Prison Exemplifies South Africa’s Criminal Justice Woes
Article • January 15, 2014 • from PLN January, 2014
Filed under: G4S/Group 4, Contractor Misconduct, Medical, Forcible Treatment, Prisoners-International, Guard Unions
Mangaung and Beyond: Private Prison Exemplifies South Africa’s Criminal Justice Woes by James Kilgore In recent months a battle has erupted at Mangaung prison in South Africa. Mangaung, located near the city of Bloemfontein, is one of the country’s two privately-operated correctional facilities. Managed by British-based G4S, which bills itself …
Business is Booming for Prison Profiteers
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Cornell Corrections, Political Prisoners, Commentary/Reviews, Private Contractors, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Parole, Probation, Prisoners-International, Immigration, Political Prisoners (International), Civil Commitment
Business is Booming for Prison Profiteers by James Kilgore Private corrections company The GEO Group celebrated the holiday season by opening a new 1,500-bed prison in Milledgeville, Georgia on December 12, 2011. The $80 million facility is expected to generate approximately $28 million in annual revenues. Though GEO (formerly Wackenhut …
Prospect of Prison Rape Used to Deter DUIs in South Africa
Article • November 15, 2011 • from PLN November, 2011
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Prisoners-International
Prospect of Prison Rape Used to Deter DUIs in South Africa by Brandon Sample A South African ad campaign intended to prevent drinking and driving has garnered the ire of human rights groups. The ads – the idea of Brandhouse Beverages – show a group of men talking about the …
Corruption and Violence Plague South Africa’s Post-Apartheid Prisons
Article • April 15, 2007 • from PLN April, 2007
Filed under: Sexual Assault, Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Gang Policies, Failure to Protect (General), Overcrowding, Prisoners-International, Guard Unions
Corruption and Violence Plague South Africa’s Post-Apartheid Prisons by Gary Hunter Corruption and Violence Plague South Africa's Post-Apartheid Prisons by Gary Hunter Corruption plagues South African (SA) prisons at every level as prisoners suffer violence and torture from both prisoners and warders alike. Former high court judge Thabani Jali was …
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