South Africa builds another site to ease overcrowding and speed up deportation of Malawian nationals

South Africa has started building another temporary deportation center to process the repatriation of Malawians to their home country, after thousands protested earlier this year against illegal ...
Yahoo

Former South African President Zuma released from prison due to overcrowding

Former South African President Jacob Zuma was released shortly after returning to prison Friday due to a program to combat overcrowding. File Photo by Monika Graff/UPI Aug. 11 (UPI) --Former South ...
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Overcrowding crisis: South Africa's prisons house 170,000 inmates in a 107,000 bed capacity system

Justin Williams, a journalist at Briefly News since 2024, covers South Africa’s current affairs. Before joining Briefly News, he served as a writer and chief editor at Right for Education Africa’s ...
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South Africa’s prison overcrowding draws attention

The Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services raised concerns about the poor success rate of existing laws intended to ease overcrowding in South Africa’s prisons. This followed a briefing from the ...
Reuters

Senegal fits inmates with ankle tags to reduce prison crowding

DAKAR, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Eight months after her arrest, a heavily pregnant detainee was escorted into court in Senegal's capital Dakar for the start of a trial for her involvement in a counterfeit ...
The Independent

South Africa builds another site to ease overcrowding and speed up deportation of Malawian nationals

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...