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Judge spearheads bid for meaningful oversight of prisons

WHAT happens behind bars shall no longer remain behind bars!

That is the mantra from Judge Edwin Cameron, Inspecting Judge at the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services (JICS), the oversight body for prisons in South Africa.

Discussing the matter with the Wits Justice Project, Judge Cameron said prisons

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