Topic: 2025 – Treatment of Prisoners
Country: South Africa
Delegate Name: AJAX INDISH
Country: South Africa
Delegate: Ajax Indish
School: Williamston High School
Committee: HRC
Topic: Treatment of Prisoners
Treatment of prisoners is a very pressing issue for many countries south Africa most of all. While we may have an issue of overcrowding there are also a lot of good ideas coming out of our prisons. Many countries worldwide struggle with prison overcrowding and bad treatment but South Africa has many plans to fix the pressing issues. While being in prison is bad there is no reason for it to be the end of everything but in south Africa there is a big mistreatment with the prisoners. There is a profound racism with what people are in the prisons and how they are treated with 79% of people in south African prisons being black. Many of the South African prisoners are also mistreated because of the racism in the country. While apartheid may be over, it’s still not great over there. While the ain’t great there are many plans to fix the struggling infrastructure of south Africa.
One thing South Africa does well with their prisons is offer all prisoners the right to vote. This is a good thing because it makes politicians need to think of incarcerated individuals before making choices because their votes count. There are also many rules about how prisoners should be treated. And many people are also going through rehab inside of the prison system leading to many more healthy individuals being sent out of jail. There is also a job training program being given to all inmates so once they are let out of prison they will be able to get jobs.
The number one most important thing that South Africa is working on is trying to reduce overcrowding. While the prisons are doing ok now overcrowding has been a pressing issue. They are also trying to improve security in the prisons and it will be done with overcrowding. The main problems for getting these very important ideas passed is lack of funding making all of the prisoners’ votes become that much more influential.
Sources
https://www.govline.co.za/department-of-correctional-services-south-africa-statistics/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
https://apnews.com/article/south-africa-prisoners-vote-election-11797da1e875068dd0944816d56cffa7
https://allafrica.com/stories/202507070724.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com
https://allafrica.com/stories/202507250017.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com
https://businesstech.co.za/news/government/803512/south-africa-needs-r36-billion-to-build-more-prisons/?utm_source=chatgpt.com .
