An African gulag so ghastly that inmates risk death to escape. Forty-two former prisoners in Eritrea’s sprawling detention system described horrific conditions and frequent torture.

Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee Olympian who murdered his model girlfriend inside his home in 2013, was released on parole from a South African prison on Friday, serving only half his sentence.

EXCLUSIVE: South Africa’s Showmax is to tell the unbelievable true story of a convicted murderer and rapist who faked his own death by burning in his cell and escaped prison for a year. Scroll ...

Two British men have told how they survived a 'nightmare' 100 days in a violent West African prison swarmed with rats and diseases after being arrested while on a four-day work trip. Paul Inch, 50 ...

South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma was returned to prison on Friday to comply with a ruling that his release on ill health was unlawful – but was freed after just an hour under a ...

The fifth African Workshop on Prison Infrastructure, convened on 9 June 2025, in Windhoek, Namibia, marking a critical step forward in the continent’s efforts to reform correctional systems through ...

South African authorities have taken over management of a maximum-security prison run by a private British security firm after a high-profile convicted murderer was accused of faking his own death ...

The prison system in South Africa is under fire after mistakenly believing a burned body found in a cell belonged to a serial rapist who, instead, had escaped (File: AFP) Published On 27 Mar 2023 ...

South Africa’s prison population has been increasing since 2016; the total number of inmates is about 161 054.The prison system is characterised by overcrowding, poor living conditions, sexual ...

South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma was returned to prison on Friday to comply with a ruling that his release on ill health was unlawful – but was freed after just an hour under a ...