南非启动了一项援助低收入被拘留者的保释基金,旨在缓解监狱过度拥挤的状况。 South Africa launches a bail fund to help low-income detainees, aiming to reduce prison overcrowding.

南非启动了一个试点项目,即保释基金,以帮助大约2 600名低风险被拘留者,他们因无力支付1 000兰特的保释金而被关在过度拥挤的监狱。 South Africa launches a pilot project, the Bail Fund, to help about 2,600 low-risk detainees stuck in overcrowded prisons due to inability to pay bail under R1,000. 该基金由惩教事务司法监察局和Bertha中心牵头,旨在解决因贫穷而拘留人的不公正现象。 Led by the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services and the Bertha Centre, the fund aims to address the injustice of detaining people based on poverty. 该项目针对小罪犯,并与减少监狱过度拥挤的努力保持一致。 The project targets petty offenders and aligns with efforts to reduce prison overcrowding.