Behind Prison Walls

Unlocking a Safer South Africa

Edwin Cameron, Rebecca Gore, Sohela Surajpal

ISBN:

9780624092698

Epub ISBN:

9780624092971

Publisher:

Tafelberg

Date Released:

May 2025

Price (incl. VAT):

R 350.00

Format:

Soft cover, 224pp


About this book:

Since the Zuma presidency weakened crime intelligence, violent crime surged, with murder rates rising over 75%. South Africa faces severe femicide, and most murderers evade justice. Prisons fail by perpetuating crime; harsher sentences do not help. Edwin Cameron, after visiting prisons, advocates for reform. Along with colleagues, he suggests abolishing minimum sentences, cash bail, and decriminalizing drug use to improve safety and justice.

RELATED BOOKS

The Price of Mercy

Sean Davison

Nuclear

Karyn Maughan, Kirsten Pearson

Black Racist Bitch

Thandiwe Ntshinga

Blood has a voice

Hestelle van Staden

Femicide in South Africa

Nechama Brodie

Power and Faith

Pontsho Pilane

Rapport 30 beste Bokke

Dawie Boonzaaier

The Thabo Bester Story

Marecia Damons, Daniel Steyn

Not without my dogs

Hilda Van Dyk, Kobus Olivier

Eight Days in July

Kaveel Singh, Jeff Wicks, Qaanitah Hunter

I Will Not Be Silenced

Karyn Maughan

Met my honde

Hilda Van Dyk, Kobus Olivier

Gangster

Carla van der Spuy

Capture in the Court

Dan Mafora

The Lie of 1652

Patric Mellet

Deep Collusion

Athol Williams

Die moord op Deveney Nel

Julian Jansen

Hunting with the Hawks

Graham Coetzer

Soul of a Nation

Oyama Mabandla

Female Fear Factory

Pumla Gqola

It's Not Inside It's On Top

Khanya Mtshali

The ANC’s Last Decade

Ralph Mathekga

SIZZLERS

Nicole Engelbrecht

Domestic Terror

Nechama Brodie

The Future

Dion Chang, Bronwyn Williams, Faeeza Khan

The New Apartheid

Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh

Freek Robinson

Freek Robinson

The Murder of Deveney Nel

Julian Jansen

Killer Cop

Naledi Shange

Hartstories van ons land se boere

Ivor Price, Kobus Louwrens

Farm Killings in South Africa

Nechama Brodie

Moord op Pofadder

Charné Kemp

How to Steal a Gold Mine: The Aurora Story

Dianne Hawker

Our Long Walk to Economic Freedom, 2nd edition

Johan Fourie

We Can Fix Ourselves

Mosibudi Mangena

It's Not About the Bats

Adam Cruise

Hijackers on Board

Cynthia Stimpel

Outopsie

Hestelle van Staden

Stellenbosch: Murder Town

Julian Jansen

Nation on the Couch

Wahbie Long

Moord op Stellenbosch

Julian Jansen

Skatryk

Johan Fourie

Our Poisoned Land

Jacques Pauw

The Enemy Within

Mpumelelo Mkhabela

Our Long Walk to Economic Freedom

Johan Fourie

Mothers of the Nation

Lihle Ngcobozi

Great Johannesburg

Nickolaus Bauer

Can we be safe?

Ziyanda Stuurman

Samurai Sword Murder

Nicole Engelbrecht

When Love Kills

Melinda Ferguson