The Wits Justice Project investigates miscarriages of justice and raises awareness of issues within the criminal justice system with an aim to advocate for change, strengthen procedures and build on reform efforts. This is achieved through investigative journalism, advocacy, research and education.
Investigative Journalism
Justice isn’t always just. Just ask exoneeres at Innocence Network Conference in Memphis, Tennessee
None of the exonerees who journeyed to Memphis from all over the US traveled light. With an astonishing 3,501 years behind bars clocked up between them for heinous crimes they did not commit – including arson, murder, rape, and robbery – these “innocents” of all ages, stages, colours and creeds ...
Why government should focus more on keeping people out of prison
The question is why does the government not focus more on keeping people out of prison – a more cost-effective and humane solution?
Free State ANC tramples on justice
WJP's Ruth Hopkins reveals how several cases involving party members point to the political silencing of their often poor opponents.
Outreach & Education
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Citizen Justice Network Radio
Inmate Support
Reporting wrongful conviction,
Reporting abuse / rape,
Reporting poor conditions
Roundtable Discussion on Wrongful Convictions
Please join the Wits Justice Project as we host a Roundtable Discussion on Wrongful Convictions, 27 July 2017 from ...
Insights
The murky case of Vicki Momberg and Crimen Injuria
Yesterday Magistrate Pravina Raghoonandan, in a potentially precedent setting judgment, sentenced Vicki Momberg to three years in prison of which one year will be suspended. Momberg was convicted of crimen injuria in 2017. Crimen injuria refers to a deliberate injury to another’s dignity by ...
Op-Ed: ‘National prison shutdown’ due to parole backlogs
Prisoners serving life sentences in prisons around South Africa are protesting continued backlogs in parole considerations, with some embarking on hunger strikes.
Marlon Peterson’s Decarcerated Podcast comes to South Africa
Last month the Wits Justice Project (WJP) sat down with James A. Kirk, assistant professor of Social Work at New York University’s Silver School of Social Work, Marlon Peterson who hosts the podcast ‘Decarcerated’ and Calvin Moyo, a Zimbabwean graphic ...
