Key websites ¶

• African Policing Civilian Oversight Forum 

• Department of Correctional Services 

• Dullah Omar Institute 

• Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services 

• Just Detention International - South Africa 

• Lawyers for Human Rights 

• Legal Aid South Africa 

• South African Government  

• South African Human Rights Commission 

• TB HIV Care 

• World Prison Brief, South Africa 

Legal sources ¶

• Child Justice Act 75 of 2008 

• Constitution 

• Correctional Services Act 111 of 1998 

• Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977 

• Department of Correctional Services, “[Health Care Policy and Procedures Manual]” 

• Department of Correctional Services, “[Policy to address sexual abuse of inmates in DCS facilities]”, January 2011. 

• Department of Correctional Services, “[Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) on the management of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer plus inmates]”, March 2020. 

• Electoral Act 73 of 1998 

• National Health Act 61 of 2003 

• Regulations to the Correctional Services Act 

• South African Human Rights Commission Act 40 of 2013 

Reports, guides, studies ¶

• African Policing Civilian Oversight Forum, Research study on the use of bail in South Africa  

• Department of Correctional Services, Annual Reports 

• Department of Correctional Services, Rehabilitation of Offenders and its Partnerships with Sector Stakeholders and Service Providers - Presentation to Portfolio Committee, 1 February 2017. 

• Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, South Africa: prisoner pack 

• Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services, Annual and Quarterly Reports 

• Lukas Muntingh, A Guide to the Rights of Inmates as Described in the Correctional Services Act and Regulations, 2017. 

• Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, CAT-OP, Visits and public reports 

• South African Human Rights Commission, National Preventive Mechanism, Annual Reports 

• TB HIV Care, Annual Reports 

• U.S. Department of State, 2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: South Africa