How to reduce our soaring prison population

Education programmes for inmates and more support when they are discharged are among the measures

10 March 2024 - 00:00 By Makgothi Samuel Thobakgale

Overcrowding in correctional facilities is a challenge that not only strains our facilities, but also speaks to larger societal issues that we ought to confront. ..

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