Minister of Correctional Services Pieter Groenewald reveals shocking statistics from Operation Vala 2025/26, highlighting significant security breaches in South African correctional facilities, ...

The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has revealed the staggering scale of illicit trade within the national prison ...

Operation Vala 2025/26 has exposed significant security vulnerabilities in South Africa’s prisons, with Minister Pieter Groenewald reporting large-scale seizures of contraband and continued concerns ...

These severe operational failures are detailed in the Inspector of Custodial Services’ April 2026 report, Inspection of Clarence Correctional Centre 2024, authorised by Inspector Fiona Rafter. Private ...

Kyle Quayle was released from Clarence Correctional Centre on the NSW North Coast on Tuesday in what the ABC understands was an administrative error. Police have now ...

The Rehabilitation and Correctional Centres of the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department have obtained certification confirming compliance with the international quality standard ISO 41001:2018 for Facility ...

The man – believed to be aged in his 30s – was involved in an incident with another inmate at the maximum-security prison, shortly before 1pm on Good Friday. A Department of Justice and Community ...

A 26-year-old male prisoner has died at the Darwin Correctional Centre this morning. The man was found unresponsive in his cell by correctional officers at around 7:50am. Medical assistance was ...

The Federal Government has stepped up efforts to reposition Nigeria’s correctional system, unveiling plans to transform custodial centres into productive agribusiness hubs through strategic ...

The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, says President Bola Tinubu has approved the employment of 50 medical doctors and 100 nurses across the nation's correctional centres' hospitals.

The Federal Government on Tuesday announced plans to distribute 50,000 mattresses to Nigeria Correctional Service centres across the country. The initiative, the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi ...