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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Pollsmoor"”.
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Prison City: redesigning Pollsmoor Prison
… the landscapes (rather, lack of landscapes) of Pollsmoor Prison in Cape Town. Looking into redesigning Pollsmoor Prisona prison where conditions do not support opportunities for rehabilitation and integration and where bland, cold concrete and brick facades enclose inmates for mostly 23-hours a …
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Imprisonment of the Human Body: Reforming the system & lives through architecture [using Pollsmoor]
… to the design of a prison visitors centre for Pollsmoor Maximum Security Prison which is grounded in humane design principles. Pollsmoor – like many prisons around the world and in South Africa – presents issues of gangsterism and overcrowding which are exacerbated by poor living conditions and …
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A descriptive study of offender on offender assaults in Pollsmoor Medium B Correctional Centre
… offender-on-offender assaults that occurred in Pollsmoor Medium B Correctional Centre, by looking at assault incident reports and investigations. Discourse and thematic analysis was applied to single out the nature and contexts of the assaults reported. It was found that the assaults usually …
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The politics of prison nursing and HIV/AIDS at Pollsmoor maximum security prison 1990-2008
… prison nursing and the management of HIV/AIDS at Pollsmoor Maximum Security Prison. South Africa is a country with a high HIV prevalence, with rates of infection being especially notable among prisoners. Extant studies of HIV/AIDS in prisons in South Africa have largely focused on inmates' …
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Substance abuse practices and Intervention programmes for male youth offenders in Pollsmoor – Department of Correctional services
… intervention among male youth offenders at the Pollsmoor Youth Centre, in the Western Cape Province. The research has attempted to create an understanding of male youth drug abusers‟ attitudes towards intervention and rehabilitation programmes and also the Correctional Service‟s role in managing …
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‘We've come from the gutter, we're going back to the gutter': an exploratory study of healthcare conditions in Pollsmoor prison
… to fill this gap by focusing on healthcare at Pollsmoor Medium B, a unit of the well-known Pollsmoor Correctional Centre. It focuses on identifying the specific barriers inmates face in accessing healthcare services within this facility. Through extensive thematic analysis of qualitative data …
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Nutrition related health status and associated factors in juvenile male and female on remand detainees at entry into Pollsmoor correctional service facility in the Western Cape
… and female on remand detainees at entry into Pollsmoor correctional service facilities in the Western Cape. Methods: In this cross-sectional comparative study of 67 male and 52 female juvenile on remand detainees the following was assessed using an interviewer based questionnaire: …
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The Numbers Gang in South African Correctional Facilities: Reflections on Structures, Functions and Culture
… on my own experience of 26 years as a warden in Pollsmoor Prison in Tokai, Cape Town and on the relatively abundant academic literature on these gangs, and finally on face-to-face interviews with twenty former Pollsmoor inmates, I attempt to present an up-to-date account of the legends, the …
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Charting domains of silence - a description of a process of feminist training addressing the rape of men in prison
… services. A training programme within Pollsmoor Prison, is described. The initiative addressed the rape of men in prison, upon request of a group of inmates and warders named 'Friends Against Abuse'. This record is a self-reflexive account of a facilitator's experiences of the research …
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Impulse control, substance abuse and clinical factors in habitual criminal violence : a neuropsychological approach
… 50 violent and 50 nonviolent prisoners from Pollsmoor and Brandvlei Prisons in the Western Cape were compared on a self-report dyscontrol scale, neuropsychological measures of impulse control, incidence of substance abuse, prior head injury, and certain clinical and demographical variables. …