The step was taken due to a call from the UN to all countries to reduce prison populations so social-distancing and self-isolation can be maintained
Thousands of prisoners in SA are set to be released on parole in a bid to curb the spread of Covid-19 in the country’s overpopulated prisons.
According to the statement, the decision was taken in terms of the Correctional Services Act, which empowers the president at any time to authorise the placement on correctional supervision or parole of any sentenced prisoner, subject to conditions that may be recommended by the correctional supervision and parole board.
The step was taken in response to a call from the UN to all countries to reduce prison populations so that social-distancing and self-isolation can be observed during the pandemic. The presidency said the parole dispensation would apply to low-risk inmates who have passed their minimum detention period or will approach it in the coming five years.
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