WATCH: Up to 19,000 SA prisoners eligible for parole to ease jail overcrowding amid Covid-19

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President Cyril Ramaphosa authorised the consideration of parole for selective low-risk offenders amid the Covid-19 pandemic on May 8 2020. Turkey, Cameroon and France are among countries that have also done so. Here are five key points from the correctional services department press briefing in Pretoria.

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