The life of offenders in South African Correctional Centre

South Africa is among the top 10 worldwide in terms of prison population in both absolute terms as well as relative to the general population/ per capita. One of South Africa’s main prison is the notorious Pollsmoor prison in Cape Town. Within Pollsmoor, there are five Correctional Centres with a total of about 8,846 prisoners: Medium A (both Juveniles and adult males remand), Maximum Security / Admission Centre (focusing on pre-trial detention / awaiting trial prisoners for male adult offenders), Medium B (Both adult men and Juveniles sentence offenders) & Medium C (adult men prison) and the Female Centre (Women’s Prison for juveniles and adults; remand & sentenced offenders).