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An inmate at the Groenpunt Prison in Deneysville in the Free State appears to suffer from smoke inhalation after part of the facility was set on fire on 7 January, 2013. Picture: Supplied.

Security at prisons to be 'intensified'

Shain Germaner | 20/01/2013Correctional Services plans to double its efforts to prevent future violence at Groenpunt Prison.

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Two awaiting trial inmates killed in PE

Eyewitness News | 19/01/2013
Two awaiting trial prisoners were killed during gang fights at the St Albans Prison in Port Elizabeth.

Inmates stand outside the Groenpunt Prison in Deneysville in the Free State after part of the facility was set on fire on 7 January, 2013. Picture: Supplied.

Dept. to probe death of prisoner

Stephen Grootes | 18/01/2013
The Correctional Services Department says a post-mortem will determine how a prisoner died.

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