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- Title
Criminal justice policy and remand detention since 1994.
- Authors
Redpath, Jean
- Abstract
The 'tough on crime' approach embodied in bail and sentencing law has had a profound impact on the trends around remand detention, including prison overcrowding of such an extent that it is estimated to have contributed to an additional 8 500 natural deaths in custody. Ultimately the policies have led, in practice, to an 'Alice in Wonderland' effect: fewer people are being tried and sentenced, while more than ever are denied their freedom without ever being tried in a court of law.
- Subjects
AFRICA; CRIMINAL justice policy; REMAND (Venue); DOCK (Criminal procedure); DETENTION facilities; HUMAN rights
- Publication
SA Crime Quarterly, 2014, Issue 48, p25
- ISSN
1991-3877
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4314/sacq.v48i1.3