Mar
04
2020
Sonke Gender Justice asks judges to declare part of Correctional Services Act unconstitutional
By Zoë Postman
On Tuesday, the Constitutional Court was asked to declare unconstitutional sections of the law which limit the independence of the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services (JICS) from the Department of Justice and Correctional Services (DCS) and hinder its role of oversight of the prisons.
On 5 September...