Pseudo Families as a Way of Coping with Incarceration by Female Offenders in South Africa (PID028)

9.30am – 10am EST, 20 February 2025 ‐ 30 mins

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Tshilidzi Munarini is a Safety and Security Specialist. He holds an Assistant Director for Security Services position, since July 2022, in the South African Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA). He developed his research interest in correctional gangs while he was employed by the Department of Correctional Services (DCS). In his Master’s research, he explored the pseudo-family phenomenon in female correctional centres to establish whether pseudo-families are a correctional security threat. This article resulted from his research for his Master’s degree dissertation.
 

Speakers

Mahlogonolo Thobane

Mahlogonolo Thobane

Associate Professor, University of South Africa

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Tshilidzi Munarini MA

Assistant Director: Security Services, Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA)