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St. Albans Max. Correctional Centre

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

Background

PMG DCS committee meeting (2025-11-25): various provinces, including Lichtenburg, Leeuwkop, East London, Mount Ayliff, Kirkwood (replacing St Albans), Port Shepstone, Nigel, Engcobo, Queenstown, Voorberg, Khayelitsha/Macassar, George, Polokwane, Thohoyandou, Losperfontein, Klerksdorp, Durban, and

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Capacity

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Current population

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Occupancy

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Year opened

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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

Eastern Cape

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

An AGSA audit mentioned concerns about existing facilities operating below capacity, noting that the prison bakery was functioning at only 25% because two of its three ovens were not working.

Contact & address

No public contact details available.

Conditions Risk Score

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

11/100
Low concern11/100
Overcrowding
0/30
Oversight reports
6/30
Structural flags
5/15
Death signals
0/15
Conditions text
0/10

What the score is responding to:

  • · 1 oversight report in the last 5 years
  • · Substantial documented known-issues record

This facility scores 11. The national average across 567 scored South Africa facilities is 31 — 20 points below national average.

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Reports

  • PMG-AGSA21 Oct 2025

    PMG DCS committee meeting (2025-10-21): AGSA audit findings mentioned in relation to St. Albans Max. Correctional Centre. Snippet: erns about existing facilities operating below capacity. Referring to his recent oversight visit to St. Albans Correctional Centre, he noted that the bakery there was functioning at only 25% because two of its three ovens were not working. This had forced the

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Data completeness

30%

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@misc{worldprisons-st-albans-max-correctional-,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {St. Albans Max. Correctional Centre},
  year = {2024},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/st-albans-max-correctional-centre},
  urldate = {2026-10-22}
}