A prison, also known as a jail or gaol, penitentiary, detention center, correction center, correctional facility, lock-up or remand center, is a facility in which inmates are confined and denied a variety of freedoms under the authority of the state as punishment for various crimes.
Find below are the list of Prisons In South Africa
Westville Prison, KwaZulu-Natal
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES
Sevontein Prison
Department Correctional Services Leeuwkop
Pollsmoor Prison
Johannesburg Prison
Leeuwkop
Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional Centre
Modderbee Correctional Services
Matatshe Prison
Female Centre Jhb Prison
Grootvlei Prison
Kutama Sinthumule Correctional Centre (Kscc).
Embongweni – Kokstad Super Max Correctional Centre
Zonderwater Correctional Services
Department Correctional Services Boksburg
What are the top 10 worst prisons?
Following is a list of the top 10 most violent prisons in the world.
La Sabaneta Prison.
Diyarbakir Prison.
La Sante Prison.
ADX-Florence Supermax Facility.
Alcatraz Island Prison.
Rikers Island Prison.
Bang Kwang Prison.
San Quentin Prison. .
What is the most dangerous jail in South Africa?
Kokstad prison, which is also known as eBongweni C-Max Prison is considered the highest maximum correctional facility on South Africa soil. The prison is located in Kwazulu Natal. It is designed to house the most dangerous set of criminals. People that society cannot afford to have walking around freely on the streets.
What prisons are in South Africa?
Notable prisons include:
Drakenstein Correctional Centre, formerly Victor Verster Prison near Paarl.
the Old Gaol Building in Ingwavuma.
Pollsmoor Prison (where the above prisoners served most of their sentences) in Tokai, Cape Town.
Pretoria Central Prison, now Kgosi Mampuru II Management Area.
How much does it cost to house a prisoner in South Africa?
With a capacity for 118000, the prison system is completely overpopulated. Stated in simple language, we cannot accommodate more prisoners. To house a prisoner in South Africa costs the state on average R390 a day. That means the fiscus spends the costly sum of R11700 a month on every prisoner in South Africa.
Which country has the toughest prisons?
Russia, Black Dolphin Prison
Russia is a country that’s known for its brutal and rough prison system. You know it’s borderline bad when it gets its reputation for one of being the worst prisons in the world. Black Dolphin is near the Kazakhstan border and it houses the country’s most hardened and dangerous criminals.