How Many Prisons In South Africa

What are Prisons?

A prison, also known as a jail, jail, penitentiary, detention center, correction center, correctional facility, lock-up, hoosegow, or remand center, is a facility in which convicted criminals are confined involuntarily and denied a variety of freedoms under the authority of the state as punishment for various crimes.

How Many Prisons In South Africa?

The Department of Correctional Services is a department of the South African government. It is responsible for running South Africa’s prison system. The department has about 34,000 staff and is responsible for the administration of 240 prisons, which accommodate about 189,748 inmates.

What are the different types of prisons in South Africa?

There are different categories of Correctional Centres in South Africa, namely low-risk, medium, and maximum.