Behind prison walls

Are harsher prison sentences the answer to South Africa’s violent crime epidemic? Former judge Edwin Cameron’s visits to correctional facilities have convinced him that prisons entrench crime. In Behind Prison Walls, Cameron and his co-authors, Rebecca Gore and Sohela Surajpal, make the case for prison reform and offer recommendations on how to help safety and justice prevail in our country. Daniel Steyn, who knows a thing or two about prisons after his investigations into the Thabo Bester case, leads the discussion and learns more about the authors’ proposals on bail, drug laws, and related issues.