Five years after the demise of apartheid, Vincent, a young, fresh-faced man arrived in remand detention in a Western Cape facility.
Vincent had never been to prison before, and when he ...
Read MoreFive years after the demise of apartheid, Vincent, a young, fresh-faced man arrived in remand detention in a Western Cape facility.
Vincent had never been to prison before, and when he ...
Read MoreApr 3, 2014
Leonie Wagner
Tied to a chair, with a plastic bag over his head and a rope around his neck, a man is electrocuted, the shocks causing deep scorches on his skin.
Read MoreLanga, Malose. 2011. A methodological dilemma: The street corner approach versus an institutional approach to accessing victims of torture and CIDT, Appendix D. Johannesburg: Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation.CSVR developed two research ...
Read MoreJuly 17 2013 By NOELENE BARBEAU Durban - A British documentary entitled SA’s Dirty Cops that aired in the UK on Monday night has intensified debate in South Africa on just how brutal and corrupt ...
Read MoreGear, Sasha and Barclay, Heather. 2011. Let's end it now: Stopping sexual violence in Correctional Centres: A resource for Staff. Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (3MB pdf).
Read MoreGear, S. (September 2010). Imprisoning men in Violence. Masculinity and sexual abuse: a view from South African prisons. in SA Crime Quarterly No. 33. (pdf 114Kb) Available online at ISS (external link).
Read MoreGear, S. (2010). ‘Brutal logic: violence, sexuality and macho myth in South African men’s prisons and beyond.’ In (Eds), Peter Aggleton and Richard Parker, Routledge Handbook of Sexuality, Health and Rights. Routledge Taylor & Francis ...
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