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  • Acting Cabinet Spokesperson Phumla Willams Willams addressing a media briefing in Pretoria on the Cabinet's ordinary meeting held in Cape Town on the 19th September. Picture: GCIS.

    Govt to take action after AG's report

    Government says it is committed to addressing areas brought up by the Auditor General's report.

    3443 days ago
  • 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'

    Correctional Services plans to double its efforts to prevent future violence at Groenpunt Prison.

    3448 days ago
  • Former Western Cape MEC, David Malatsi, won’t serve his five-year jail sentence in the province.

    Malatsi to serve sentence in Mpumalanga

    The former politician handed himself over to prison officials in Emalahleni on Monday morning.

    3510 days ago
  • The entrance to the infamous Pollsmoor prison in Cape Town. Picture: Aletta Gardner/EWN

    'Inconsistent' rehabilitation for troubled youth

    Education and rehabilitation for troubled youth in correctional facilities is inconsistent.

    3586 days ago
  • A file photo of former national police commissioner Jackie Selebi appearing in the Johannesburg High Court, August 2010. Picture: Sapa

    Selebi discharged from hospital

    A Pretoria hospital confirms that former top cop Jackie Selebi is no longer in hospital.

    3619 days ago
  • Jackie Selebi is seen in the back of an ambulance. Picture: SAPA

    Selebi to abide by home detention conditions

    Jackie Selebi will have to abide by a long list of conditions while serving home detention.

    3628 days ago
  • A prisoner studies at the Leeuwkop Prison. Picture: Taurai Maduna/EWN

    'Govt’s crime-fighting efforts need the public'

    The Department of Correctional Services said the public needs to join Government’s fight against crime.

    3645 days ago
  • Offenders at Leeuwkop Prison. Picture: Taurai Maduna/Eyewitness News

    Inmates mastermind crimes using cell phones

    Correctional Services is urgently looking at ways to stop prisoners from smuggling cell phones into prison.

    3673 days ago
  • Offenders at Leeuwkop Prison. Picture: Taurai Maduna/Eyewitness News

    Prison officials want CCTV cameras installed

    Prison officials say CCTV cameras will help bring down the rate of murder and rape in cells.

    3674 days ago
  • Offenders at Leeuwkop Prison. Picture: Taurai Maduna/Eyewitness News

    Remission of sentences is not a solution - DA

    SAPOHR has welcomed government’s decision to reduce prison sentences for some inmates.

    3715 days ago
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