AL2604 :: The South African Prisoners' Organisation for Human Rights (SAPOHR) Collection

Collection No:	AL2604
Title:	The South African Prisoners' Organisation for Human Rights (SAPOHR) Collection
Creator:	Unknown
Publisher:	SAHA
Inclusive Dates:	1996
Extent:	0.1 linear metre (1 archival box) containing 4 files
Language:	English
Acquisition:	Accession Number: none
Access Restrictions:	This collection is open for research
Use Restrictions:	Copyright restrictions may apply. See SAHA copyright statement for Use Restrictions.
Copyright:	Finding Aid: © The South African History Archive (SAHA)
Created:	29 July 2009
Abstract:	The South African Prisoners' Organisation for Human Rights (SAPOHR) was formed in Modderbee Prison in 1988 by political and other prisoners. A National Office was opened in 1992. SAPOHR's mission statement is as follows: To address the legacy of the apartheid criminal justice and prison systems and contribute to a culture of human rights and social justice in a non-racial, non-sexist democratic South Africa. Its main functions are to act as a watchdog of the prison services, to be a representative and a voice of prisoners, to provide para-legal services to prisoners, to address human rights abuses within South African prisons and to reform and democratise the Correctional Services and Criminal Justice Service in South Africa.