| Item Description: | South Africa is among the top 10 worldwide in terms of prison population in both absolute terms as well as relative to the general population/ per capita. One of South Africa’s main prison is the notorious Pollsmoor prison in Cape Town. Within Pollsmoor, there are five Correctional Centres with a total of about 8,846 prisoners: Medium A (both Juveniles and adult males remand), Maximum Security / Admission Centre (focusing on pre-trial detention / awaiting trial prisoners for male adult offenders), Medium B (Both adult men and Juveniles sentence offenders),Medium C (adult men prison) and the Female Centre (Women’s Prison for juveniles and adults; remand,sentenced offenders). |
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