Neglected and abused, state patients endure prison ‘nightmare’

, said it has always been strongly argued that prisons are not suitable for incarcerating state patients.

In many prisons, state patients are incarcerated in overcrowded conditions in prisons and the JICS has made “numerous interventions” to facilitate faster transfers to hospitals. Its Independent Correctional Centre Visitors have dealt with incidents of violence, with some having led to the death of state patients. took the health department to court after her son, a state patient, was imprisoned for about two years while waiting for a bed at a psychiatric hospital.

“After my son got arrested for assaulting two police officers, I went to the prosecutor and gave him information about my son’s medical history. He suggested the court send my son for an evaluation at Sterkfontein Hospital. He told me there is a waiting list of about five months.” Pretorius was not willing to sign responsibility for Dane because she is afraid of him. “He tried to kill me several times,” she said.

“As a mother, this [ prison ordeal] is the worst thing you can go through.” She came close to committing suicide more than once.

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