PublicationsResearchCorrectional Services, Criminal Justice, PolicingRehabilitation and Reintegration in African PrisonsThe following extract outlines rehabilitation and reintegration in African prisons, the efforts being made and the success rate based on those efforts. Provided is a clearly defined description of the concept of rehabilitation and reintegration as well as the different facets that go along with it. The extract looks to touch on the instruments such as the Kampala declaration on… Read More Amanda DisselApril 14, 2008
PublicationsResearchCorrectional Services, Criminal JusticePrisons in South Africa's Constitutional DemocracyWhat should prisons in a constitutional democracy look like ?. This article will make the arguments that to make prisons compatible with a constitutional democracy, as understood in South Africa, four requirements would need to be met. Firstly that the prison system would have to possess an underlying philosophical framework derived from the Constitution. Secondly prisons must not violate the… Read More Lukas MuntinghOctober 1, 2007
PublicationsResearchCorrectional Services, Criminal JusticeDoing Time in a Gauteng Juvenile Correctional Centre for MalesDuring December 2004 and January 2005 the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) conducted fieldwork to survey male youths’ experiences of the Boksburg Youth Correctional Centre (BYC). Young men held at the Centre were randomly selected and interviewed on their experiences of violence, sex and sexual violence in prison as well as on more general personal features… Read More Sasha GearSeptember 3, 2007
PublicationsResearchCorrectional Services, Criminal Justice, Gender-based ViolenceFear, Violence and Sexual Violence in a Gauteng Juvenile Correctional Centre for MalesDuring December 2004 and January 2005, the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) conducted fieldwork for a survey with young offenders held at the Boksburg Youth Correctional Centre (BYC), a medium security institution for male juvenile offenders. The aim was to investigate their experiences related to violence, sex and sexual violence in prison. This brief outlines the… Read More Sasha GearSeptember 1, 2007
PublicationsResearchChildren and Youth, Correctional Services, Criminal JusticeExternal Evaluation of the Three Year Integrated Youth Offender Programme in Boksburg Correctional Centre South AfricaThe following is a report that previously presented the findings of the evaluation of the three year Integrated Youth Offender Project at Boksburg Correctional Centre. ( A project with the aim to deliver an integrated programme that tackled a critical range of risk and resilience issues, and factors associated with re-offending. ) Read More Margaret RoperAugust 1, 2007
PublicationsResearchCorrectional Services, Criminal Justice, Gender-based ViolenceBehind the Bars of Masculinity: Male Rape and Homophobia in and About South African Men's PrisonsThis article explores the dynamics and layers of discourse surrounding sex, sexual violence and coercion in South Africa's male prisons. It explores how prison violence is ritualized and a fundamental part of the prison ecosystem, the blur between male rape and homosexuality while challenging the want of understanding with regards to male victimization. Read More Sasha GearJune 1, 2007
