With the revelations by Bosasa officials at the State Capture Enquiry, held in early 2019, laying bare the corrupt links between prisons, detention centres and border control, and high ranking political and government officials, the time is ripe to excavate the capitalist interests that fuel incarceration in this country. How did the prison industrial complex overtake the lofty principles that ushered in the South African democratic era? Judge Jody Kollapen is well-placed to speak to about the evolution of the South African prison from a colonial institute that served to criminalise and dominate 'natives', to its utility as instrument of state repression under apartheid, to its present manifestation in the democratic era. He has laboured at the coalface of apartheid crime and punishment through his work as an attorney in the Delmas Treason Trial, and for the Sharpeville Six, and also worked as a member of Lawyers for Human Rights, where he coordinated the 'Release Political Prisoners' programme, Importantly, Justice Kollapen had a ringside seat at the theatre of our transition from apartheid to democracy as he was part of the selection panel that chose the commissioners for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). Many questions can be asked of the South African TRC including whether it was the best mechanism to deal with the past and whether it achieved reconciliation. What concerns us here is its impact on crime and punishment in the democratic era. If our transition was premised on restorative justice, then shouldn’t that be the guiding principle for the emerging democratic state? In line with this special edition’s focus on the impact of incarceration on the marginalized and vulnerable, Judge Kollapen shares some insights on how the prison has fared in democratic South Africa, and how imprisonment affects communities across the country. As an Acting Judge in the Constitutional Court, a practitioner with a long history of civic engagement, and someone who has thought and written about criminalization, human rights and prisons, Judge Kollapen helps us to think about what decolonization entails for prisons in South Africa.

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与乔迪·科拉彭（Jody Kollapen）法官一起备案

随着Bosasa官员在2019年初举行的国家俘获调查中的揭露，揭露了监狱，拘留中心和边境管制以及高级政治和政府官员之间的腐败联系，挖掘资本主义利益的时机已经成熟在这个国家被监禁。监狱工业园区如何超越了南非民主时代的崇高原则？乔迪·科拉彭（Jody Kollapen）法官很适合谈论南非监狱的演变，从一个殖民地研究所开始将其定为犯罪并支配“本地人”，再到将其用作种族隔离下的国家镇压手段，再到目前在民主中的表现。时代。他曾在Delmas Treason Trial和Sharpeville Six中担任律师，曾在种族隔离罪行和惩罚的综合工作中工作，还曾担任人权律师的成员，在那里他协调了“释放政治犯”。计划，重要的是，大法官Kollapen在我们从种族隔离到民主过渡的舞台上占据了重要位置，因为他是推选真相与和解委员会（TRC）委员的selection选小组的成员。南非真相与和解委员会可以问很多问题，包括它是否是处理过去的最佳机制以及它是否实现了和解。在这里，我们关心的是它对民主时代犯罪和惩罚的影响。如果我们的过渡是以恢复性司法为前提的，那不应该成为新兴民主国家的指导原则吗？与这个特别版的重点放在监禁对边缘化和弱势群体的影响相一致的同时，科拉彭法官分享了一些关于监狱如何在民主的南非表现以及监禁如何影响全国各地社区的见解。作为宪法法院的代理法官，具有悠久的公民参与历史的从业者，以及对犯罪，人权和监狱问题有深入思考和著作的人，科拉彭法官帮助我们思考南非监狱的非殖民化意味着什么。Kollapen法官就监狱如何在民主的南非发展以及监狱如何影响全国各地的社区分享了一些见解。作为宪法法院的代理法官，具有悠久的公民参与历史的从业者，以及对犯罪，人权和监狱问题有深入思考和著作的人，科拉彭法官帮助我们思考南非监狱的非殖民化意味着什么。Kollapen法官就监狱如何在民主的南非发展以及监狱如何影响全国各地的社区分享了一些见解。作为宪法法院的代理法官，具有悠久的公民参与历史的从业者，以及对犯罪，人权和监狱问题有深入思考和著作的人，科拉彭法官帮助我们思考南非监狱的非殖民化意味着什么。