PublicationsResearchCorrectional Services, Criminal Justice, GangsNongoloza's Children: Western Cape Prison Gangs During and After ApartheidThe subsequent monograph is an attempt at understanding the substance of South African prison life and the strange narratives and rituals of prison gangs. It is by no means a comprehensive history of prison gangs in the Western Cape. Rather, it is potted and thematic, its conclusions interpretive and discursive. It is hoped that other researchers might use its ideas… Read More Jonny SteinbergDecember 19, 2004
PublicationsResearchCorrectional Services, Criminal Justice, Truth and Reconciliation CommissionA Snake Gives Birth to a Snake: Politics and Crime in the Transition to Democracy in South AfricaIn and of itself, the brief account of the murder of an eight month-old baby along with the baby’s mother in the course of a massacre partially explained as political motivation during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings, with 17 co-conspirators granted amnesty for their actions, gives ample substance to the moral and legal controversy that surrounded the TRC’s amnesty… Read More Graeme SimpsonDecember 1, 2004
PublicationsResearchCorrectional Services, Gender-based ViolenceYour Brother, My Wife: Sex and Gender Behind BarsMany of us know that sex, sexual violence and varying levels of sexual coercion occur in our prisons. But the subject of sex in prison remains an uncomfortable one. While recent media reports and revelations on prison corruption have played a role in bringing it more into the public arena, generally not much is understood about the dynamics of sex… Read More Sasha Gear and Kindisa NgubeniJune 2, 2003
PublicationsResearchCorrectional Services, Restorative JusticeGiving a Face to Crime: Report on the Second Phase of the Restorative Justice Initiative Victim Offender Conference ProjectThis is a report on the second phase of a Victim Offender Conferencing (VOC) project, which attempts to mediate between victims and offenders of crime. During this phase, the VOC project ran in three magisterial districts in Gauteng and one in the North West Province. This report looks at the cases that were referred to the project, describing their nature,… Read More Amanda DisselApril 1, 2003
PublicationsResearchCorrectional Services, Criminal Justice, Sexual ViolenceDaai Ding: Sex, Sexual Violence and Coercion in Men's PrisonsThis paper discusses the social circumstances surrounding both sex and violence amongst male inmates of South African prisons, and in particular, the apparently common convergence between the two - when sex is forced or performed in an act of violence. Data was gathered primarily through in-depth interviews and in-depth focus groups with ex-prisoners and current prisoners. Read More Sasha Gear and Kindisa NgubeniDecember 19, 2002
PublicationsResearchCorrectional Services, Criminal Justice, Migrants and Xenophobia, RacismRacism and Discrimination in the South African Penal SystemThis research report focuses on the experiences and needs of one of the most vulnerable sectors of society – prisoners. It aims to investigate the impact of past injustices on the South African penal system, as well as to look at the current functioning of the system – in particular the attitudes and actions of the Department of Correctional Services… Read More Amanda Dissel and Jody KollapenDecember 19, 2002
