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Pretoria Central Correctional Centre

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Correctional facility operated by the South African Department of Correctional Services, Gauteng.

Background

PMG DCS committee meeting (2025-11-25): examples from five correctional centres to show how serious the problem had become. He said that at Kgosi Mampuru, the Department needed R460 million just to deal with the existing backlog. At Leeuwkop prison, they needed a minimum of R1 billion to attend to urge

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Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 1 Jan 2024 · methodology

Facility profile

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

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Region

Gauteng

Security level

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Death-row facility

No

Conditions

No conditions summary available yet.

Visiting

No visiting information available.

Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.

Known issues

The AGSA audit highlighted extreme overcrowding as a key reason for unsatisfactory ratings at Pretoria Central. Additionally, the facility faced extensive litigation regarding solitary confinement in the CMAX unit.

Contact & address

No public contact details available.

Conditions Risk Score

Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated

17/100
Moderate concern17/100
Overcrowding
0/30
Oversight reports
12/30
Structural flags
5/15
Death signals
0/15
Conditions text
0/10

What the score is responding to:

  • · 2 oversight reports in the last 5 years
  • · Substantial documented known-issues record

This facility scores 17. The national average across 567 scored South Africa facilities is 31 — 14 points below national average.

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Reports

  • PMG-AGSA22 Oct 2025

    PMG DCS committee meeting (2025-10-22): AGSA audit findings mentioned in relation to Pretoria Central Correctional Centre. Snippet: es rated unsatisfactory included Pollsmoor Female; Mount Fletcher; Brandvlei Medium; Pollsmoor RDF; Kgosi Mampuru II Local and Rooigrond Medium A. The most common reasons highlighted by JICS why facilities were rated unsatisfactory included, extreme overcrowding;

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  • PMG-AGSA17 Oct 2025

    PMG DCS committee meeting (2025-10-17): AGSA audit findings mentioned in relation to Pretoria Central Correctional Centre. Snippet: ified two key reasons: JICS had been involved in extensive litigation, particularly from inmates in CMAX, who had challenged solitary confinement. JICS was frequently cited in these matters, requiring instruction of the State Attorney and the briefing of

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Data completeness

30%

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APA
World Prisons. (2024). Pretoria Central Correctional Centre. Retrieved October 23, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/pretoria-central-correctional-centre
Chicago
"Pretoria Central Correctional Centre." World Prisons. Accessed October 23, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/pretoria-central-correctional-centre.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-pretoria-central-correction,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Pretoria Central Correctional Centre},
  year = {2024},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/pretoria-central-correctional-centre},
  urldate = {2026-10-23}
}