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South Africa: prison overcrowding crisis raises alarm with 57,000 people in remand custody
The Department of Correctional Services has revealed that it has a staggering population of 57,000 people in remand custody while prisons are bursting at the seams with an overcrowding of 163,000 incarcerated people.
Source: IOL (27/07/2025)