Suchergebnisse

The transition in the 1990s gave South Africans the opportunity to rethink their conception of crime & punishment. The Constitution in particular contains explicit provisions regarding the respect of inmates' human dignity. Law 111 of 1998 on correctional services is also very liberal. However, the mindsets & practices of the former regime die hard (especially but not only due to a lack of funds). Furthermore, a wave of criminal violence, to the surprise of those who expected to see it decrease with the end of apartheid, has inflated the prison population not only mechanically but also under the growing pressure of public opinion for a more repressive attitude. The improvement of prison conditions required to achieve the asserted priority objective of the rehabilitation of the inmates is thus far from being accomplished. Adapted from the source document.