Violence at Correctional Centres under the spotlight again
748 views · Published 10 April 2018 · 5:17 · Indexed 22 September 2026
Channel: SABC News · 2018 · News & Politics
The Department of Correctional Services and SAPS have launched a manhunt following the escape of 16 Remand Detainees from the Johannesburg Correctional Centre, Medium A. According to a preliminary investigation, these remand detainees escaped at approximately 3 am on Monday morning. The department has recently been in the news, where two wardens at the Goodwood Correctional Facility in the Western Cape were allegedly stabbed by inmates and, it was in this province last month when Six prisoners escaped from Pollsmoor prison and a few weeks ago an inmate was also stabbed to death by another at the Leeuwkop Medium B Correctional Centre in Johannesburg. The department has on many occasions blamed the situation on overcrowding. We take the discussion further Singabakho Nxumalo joins us in studio. For more news, visit: sabcnews.com
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