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The article discusses a case study regarding restorative justice application for offenders at the Eastern Cape Correctional Centre in South Africa. It states mediation process, criminal justice system, and sentencing paradigm for offenders. Also mentioned the importance of restorative justices for offenders and victims.

The article presents a case study of the needs of incarcerated women in South Africa. It investigates concerns involving women who were sentenced offenders that include human rights, treatment strategies, and employment opportunities. Quantitative research methodology was used to obtain information such as socio-demographic data and well-being. Findings show the challenges faced by incarcerated women and their children like strain to family ties that the correctional system should address.

The article investigates the process of transformation implemented and executed in the Department of Correctional Services, as a major role-player in the criminal justice system in South Africa, as the country adapted the democratic form of government. Particular areas of the study include, inter alia, the reason for transformation, constitutional and other legal influences, personnel issues, prison crowding, management philosophies, privatisation of state assets and dealing with HIV/AIDS. The investigation highlights successes in transformation, but deals with areas where transformation could have been more successful.

Discusses HIV/AIDS in South African prisons within the framework of the Dublin Declaration on HIV/AIDS in prisons. Utilization of the guidelines of the Dublin Declaration to measure and describe the general performance of the correctional system in the area of HIV/AIDS; Need to consider in dealing with HIV prevalence through measures of harm reduction; Emphasis on the importance of harm reduction practices.