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Book puts African prisons under spotlight
By SABC News
Published: 09/11/2008

SOUTH AFRICA - A book on the situation in African prisons has been launched in Cape Town. The book, "Human Rights in African Prisons", is edited by Jeremy Sarkin with contributions from a number of eminent African researchers.

The book looks at prisons in Africa, and the high rates of confinement that have led to overcrowding, unsafe and squalid conditions amid a general lack of resources. Read more.

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