南非监狱面临严重拥挤,计划修建新设施,增加50 000张床位。 South African prisons face severe overcrowding, with plans to build new facilities to add 50,000 beds.

南非监狱过于拥挤,关押的囚犯人数超过其容纳能力所允许的46%。 South African prisons are severely overcrowded, housing 46% more inmates than their capacity allows. 由于156,000名囚犯被关押在设计为105,000人的设施中,官员对大量外国人和无力支付保释金的人感到关切。 With 156,000 inmates in facilities designed for 105,000, officials are concerned about the high number of foreign nationals and those unable to afford bail. 惩教事务部长提议建造新中心,增加50 000张床位,估计费用为360亿兰特,以缓解过度拥挤状况。 The Correctional Services Minister proposes building new centers to add 50,000 beds, at an estimated cost of R36 billion, to alleviate overcrowding.