Includes: 2002-2005: items concerning the case of Mlamuli Ndlovu (attempted murder, robbery & attempted robbery): in a letter to 'Hannes' dated 20/01/2005 Helen Suzman signs herself "Warm regards, Helen, aka The sweet bird from the blood-soaked south!" [Hannes might well be Judge Hannes Fagan]; 2004-2005: correspondence concerning the sister of Dave Montgomery who is in prison for murdering her abusive husband; in a letter dated 24/02/2005 Helen Suzman comments that "conditions in prisons were disgusting during the apartheid era, and by and large they are as bad, if not worse, now.".

(first letter incomplete).

Includes: 29/02/1988: letter from Lykop Medium Prison addressed to "Her Majesty 49 Melville Road, Hypark"; Correspondence between Helen Suzman and the Head of Prisons, W.H. Willemse and other officials; Oct — November 1988: correspondence concerning Emergency detainees being held at Krugersdorp Prison, occasioned by a letter smuggled out by Rev. Molefe Tsele and passed on to Helen Suzman by Joyce Soeldner. The letter particularly mentions Colonel Coetzee, the head of the prison, who "literally thrives on tension between ourselves and himself or his staff" and is signed by 40 prisoners.

Includes: 21/07/1987: letter from Renfrew Christie (then resident at 211 Bremner, UCT — so must have been sent after he was released) about prison conditions and also thanks Helen Suzman for her letter to him. Mentions the possible release / exchange of Dieter Gerhardt, also "Nelson, Walter, Govan" and Rob Adam; a letter from a prisoner at Sasol Prison in which he calls Helen Suzman the "God Mother of South Africa".

Includes letter from a Mr. X at Brandvlei Prison in Worcester concerning a prisoner Nkomo who died in a fire whilst handcuffed to the bars of his solitary cell; also mentions Naughtyboy Nkondo & Fumanekile Soga who he alleges were tortured and died in the same prison; letter from Standerton Prison addressed to "Office of Prison Spokesman CH Zuzman, No. 6 Revera St., " from John Jiyana and 14 others who mention sodomy and "Vicks" which may be AIDS. There are several other letters in this file that mention sodomy as an ongoing problem in jail.