Thabo Bester and hundreds of other prisoners kept in unlawful conditions, says inspectorate
20 Sep 2024
Hundreds of prisoners at Kgosi Mampuru II C-Max and Ebongweni Super-Maximum Correctional Centre are held in isolation for 23 hours a day, the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services (JICS) has found. These conditions amount to solitary confinement have serious effects on prisoners’ mental and physical health and violate national and international norms and prisoners’ constitutional rights, JICS says.