The University of Pretoria's Christiaan Bezuidenhout said several countries had released thousands of prisoners in order to convert prisons into temporary medical facilities or to limit overcrowding.
“Another concern is whether low-risk offenders will return to crime. Many are from impoverished communities and have committed economic crimes to provide for their families." Booyens said pardoning inmates due to the pandemic, and the reasons given for doing so, clashed with the principles of restorative justice.
Zia Wasserman, national prison co-coordinator for Sonke Gender Justice, said the Correctional Services Department "are seeing a consistent increase in positive cases of Covid-19 in the prison system” despite several preventative measures.
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