The growing crime rate and rise in life sentences meted out to offenders may mean that there won’t be enough beds for criminals in SA’s prisons. The department of correctional services has conceded that it is worried about over-crowding which is on a steady rise, as evidenced by the latest shocking crime statistics. The department..
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SA’s prisons could run out of beds as crime rate surges
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It pays to be a criminal in SA – Sorghum beer, drugs found in Westville prison search
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A routine search at the Westville Medium B prison in Durban on Monday resulted in the confiscation of a number of prohibited items such as sorghum beer and drugs, the department of correctional services said. The search was part of the department’s annual Operation Vala security campaign, which resulted in numerous unauthorised items being confiscated..
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Riot breaks out at Pretoria prison – inmates are tired of the way they are treated
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Prisoners serving life and long term sentences at Pretoria’s Kgosi Mampuru II prison rioted on Sunday afternoon. The injury count ranged from two to 19‚ as prisoners disputed the official count. The fighting‚ which prompted prison authorities to call in Department of Correctional Services specialised units‚ is over prisoners’ unhappiness with how issues around parole..
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Apartheid prison system was better than what we have now – The white people were doing it better
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A prisoner incarcerated in the Johannesburg Correctional Services facility did not mince his words on Wednesday as he told Parliament officials how prison inmates had been failed by the system. “You are failing us dismally‚” said Ishmael Moshoeshoe‚ an inmate serving a life sentence for murder and other crimes. He has already spent 17 years..
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