Medical parole under spotlight
By Khanyisa Tabata
18 September 2009
Correctional Services Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa- Nqakula has revealed that more than 65 percent of all people that were released in jail are still alive.
Addressing a media briefing following a summit reviewing parole boards in the country, Mapisa-Nqakula said a lot of work and thinking is required to improve the current medical parole system.
Mapisa-Nqakula was speaking at a summit held in Boksburg, marks the first five-year review of the parole system.
The Act governing parole boards refer only to terminally ill prisoners and are silent on parole with severe illnesses.
18 September 2009
Correctional Services Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa- Nqakula has revealed that more than 65 percent of all people that were released in jail are still alive.
Addressing a media briefing following a summit reviewing parole boards in the country, Mapisa-Nqakula said a lot of work and thinking is required to improve the current medical parole system.
Mapisa-Nqakula was speaking at a summit held in Boksburg, marks the first five-year review of the parole system.
The Act governing parole boards refer only to terminally ill prisoners and are silent on parole with severe illnesses.
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