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Overcrowding in prisons up to nearly 50% in 2024/2025

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      JOHANNESBURG - Overcrowding in South African prisons has spiked to over 40% in the 2023/2024 financial year.

      According to Anthea Ramolobeng, the portfolio chairperson on correctional services,
      there are 150,000 inmates, but just over only 105,000 beds available.

      READ | Prison overcrowding | Alternative measures to address this issue

      This number includes nearly 15,000 foreign prisoners, 600 of whom are serving life sentences.

      SA Prisoners Organisation for Human Rights Golden Miles Bhudu brought focus to the surge of foreign nationals that fill South African prisons but also the processes of rehabilitation. 

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