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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SAPS constable caught in action when trying to smuggle drugs and weapons into Western-Cape prison
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A 43-year-old police constable has been arrested for the possession contraband which he allegedly intended to be smuggle into prisons. Police spokesperson, FC van Wyk, says officers acted on a tip-off and caught the suspect in possession of 329 grams of dagga, two knives, a bottle of whiskey, cigarettes and tobacco. He says the suspect..
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11 842 incarcerated foreign nationals costing SA more than R1.6 billion a year
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In response to questions by the Freedom Front Plus in parliament, justice minister Michael Masutha revealed that almost 12 000 foreign nationals are currently being held in South African prisons… at a cost of R133 805 per person. That’s around R1.6 billion in tax revenue being spent on, among others, 918 murderers. The total breakdown..
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