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She had a miscarriage. Now she’s facing life in prison

Natalie Alcoba - December 12, 2022

Raeez Safar practices yoga at Pollsmoor Prison. The prison is one of about nine nationwide part of a SevaUnite programme that teaches inmates yoga through in-person classes and correspondence.

Mental shift: Yoga makes its way behind the walls of South...

Laura López González - September 26, 2016

Sister Anna's work relies on donations from well-wishers and her Franciscan community back home

Nursing the hungry: How one Catholic nun has taken Malawi’s prisoners...

Josephine Chinele - September 2, 2016

Malawi’s sick prisons: Inmates go hungry as budgets dwindle and food...

Nicolette Jackson - August 30, 2016

Harsh treatment: Correctional service authorities at the Boksburg prison disbanded a support group started by HIV-positive prisoners

Break the silence on HIV in prison

Emily Keehn - April 11, 2014

Tuberculosis is still the number one cause of death in South Africa.

TB cannot be kept behind bars

Harry Hausler - March 22, 2013

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