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Correctional Service Dept records increase in matric pass rate for prisoners
Department of Correctional Services spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo they are proud of the strides made by inmates.
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Correctional Services: 'Operation Vala a success'
The department has been conducting surprise raids at correctional centres, looking for smuggled goods and contraband.
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SAPS, Correctional Services Dept to target gangs in prison, says Cele
Police Minister Bheki Cele says the 26s, 27s and 28s gangs will be targeted.
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Raids expected after pics show child killer's luxury life in jail
Lindray Khakhu was found guilty of the three-year-old's murder in Westbury in 2014 and is serving his sentence at the Sun City prison.
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Dept investigates after pictures emerge of inmate living in luxury in jail
Lindray Khakhu, who was convicted for killing Luke Tibbetts in Westbury four years ago, is seen wearing designer clothes and accessories in a personalised cell.
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Dept investigating after warder caught on camera 'drunk' at work
In the footage, the warder can be seen lying on his chair with a coat covering his head.
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[ANALYSIS] Here’s why ex-offenders in SA should get a resettlement grant
Politicians' kneejerk dismissal of an idea that could help rehabilitate ex-offenders is unhelpful.
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[CARTOON] Redeploying Arthur Fraser
By Dr Jack & Curtis.
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[WATCH] Beyond bars: Hospitality school gives former inmates fresh start
Beyond Bars Akademia offers a six-month training program that aims to facilitate the placement of ex-offenders into the South African hospitality industry.
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Manhunt underway for 16 escaped prisoners
The Correctional Services Department is hunting for 16 inmates who escaped from a Johannesburg prison. The detainees escaped from the prison on Monday after breaking through the facility’s windows.
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Correctional Services Dept: We'll find escapees and get them to face justice
The detainees escaped from the Johannesburg prison, known as Sun City, on Monday morning by breaking through the facility’s windows.
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Goodwood prison stabbings highlight staffing problems - Dept
Two officials were stabbed by an inmate who'd been transferred from St Albans prison in Port Elizabeth.
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Correctional Services confident Joburg prison escapees will be rearrested
16 inmates escaped from the prison known as Sun City at around 3 o'clock on Monday morning by breaking through the iron bars of the prison windows.
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16 prisoners escape from Joburg's 'Sun City' prison
The prisoners broke through the iron bars of the prison windows, broke a portion of the wall and then escaped through the fence.
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Goodwood prison crackdown to continue after warders stabbed
The facility was placed on lockdown on Sunday, after the correctional officials were attacked.
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Ratshitanga appointed Masutha's new spokesperson
Mukoni Ratshitanga has over 20 years experience in communications, having served as the spokesperson for former President Thabo Mbeki.
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6 inmates escape from Pollsmoor prison
The men allegedly broke out of the Medium B facility on Sunday night.
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[WATCH] Wheels of change: Prisoners changing lives for good
The Goodwood Prison wheelchair project is a collaboration between the Department of Correctional Services and the Hillsong Africa Foundation that sees offenders assemble wheelchairs for people in need.
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Dept mum on Oscar Pistorius hospitalisation
The former Olympian is serving a six-year prison term for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
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Public warned of correctional services job scam
The department says it has received an alarming number of reports of job fraudsters promising employment or learnership opportunities in the department.
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Prison authorities: No taxpayers' money used for prison strippers
Explicit pictures have been widely circulated on social media of half-naked women, in knee-high boots and sexy lingerie entertaining convicts at a Johannesburg prison.
