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Scuffle between prisoners, wardens in PMB prison leaves 1 inmate dead

By Veronica Mokhoali

The Correctional Services Department on Sunday said inmates, classified as maximum risk, attacked officials at the centre on Friday.

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    13 Zim inmates wounded after bolt of lightning strikes prison

    Police report that in a separate incident of lightning killed two children near Harare.

    268 days ago
  • Former ANC president Jacob Zuma on 18 December 2017. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN

    ANC wishes Jacob Zuma speedy recovery after surgery

    This comes after the Department of Correctional Services announced that Zuma underwent a surgical procedure on Saturday and is scheduled to go through others soon.

    367 days ago
  • Former President Jacob Zuma at the state capture commission on 17 July 2019. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN.

    Not yet clear where Jacob Zuma will serve his prison sentence

    It goes without saying that former President Jacob Zuma is no ordinary inmate. So, who decides where he will be serving his 15-month jail sentence and what is the process of being admitted as a prisoner?

    413 days ago
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    Ex-Oudtshoorn municipal officer sentenced to 4 years behind bars for R1.9m fraud

    Frikkie van Staden was sentenced in the Oudtshoorn Regional Court on Wednesday.

    475 days ago
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    Gqeberha teen begins 17-year jail term for killing rival gangster

    The High Court on Friday found that the convicted killer was 17-years-old when he murdered Enrico Kasterivier in 2019.

    480 days ago
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    DR Congo ex-warlord gets life term for war crimes

    Ntabo Ntaberi Sheka was convicted of "murder, rape, sexual slavery, enlisting children under 15 years old" a decade ago, a military court ruled.

    632 days ago
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    NPA believes it has strong case against rape-accused Omotoso

    The bail application of Omotoso, and his two co-accused was on Wednesday dismissed. The trio's accused of several offences including rape and human trafficking.

    651 days ago
  • FILE: Pollsmoor Prison inmates looking out of a window at the facility. Picture: EWN

    COVID-19: Prisoner’s organisation urges Ramaphosa to release more inmates

    The South African Prisoners Organisation for Human Rights says government needs to expand its category for prisoners who qualify for the parole dispensation.

    830 days ago
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    2 East London prisoners die after testing positive for COVID-19

    The Department of Correctional Services said both had other medical conditions.

    833 days ago
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    Zimbabwe prisoner amnesty set to come into effect this month

    The country has 22,000 inmates, though the prisons are only built to hold 17,000.

    896 days ago
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    Jay-Z sues Mississippi prison officials over unfair conditions: NBC News

    The letter added that the deaths were as a result of years of severe understaffing and neglect at Mississippi’s prisons, NBC said.

    945 days ago
  • FILE: Pollsmoor Prison inmates looking out of a window at the facility. Picture: EWN

    7 correctional centres across SA to receive full-body scanners

    It's aimed at preventing the smuggling of contraband.

    1136 days ago
  • Kim Kardashian West speaks during the #BlogHer16 Experts Among Us conference at JW Marriott Los Angeles. Picture: Getty Images/AFP.

    Kim Kardashian West's 'transformative' prison reform work

    The 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians' star met with President Donald Trump on Wednesday to discuss prison reform as part of her ongoing push to free prisoners serving draconian sentences.

    1442 days ago
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    US spending is rising much faster on prisons than on schools

    The Department of Education report traces how that shift has impacted state and local budgets.

    2220 days ago
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    North West cops investigate how 10 inmates escaped

    The Correctional Services Department says it appears the inmates carefully planned their escape.

    2251 days ago
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    Exclusive: Prisoners smoke mandrax in St Albans Prison

    An exclusive look inside one of South Africa's prisons as inmates smoke mandrax inside one of their overcrowded cells.

    2316 days ago
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    Popcru concerned by system of rehabilitating inmates into society

    Popcru says the majority of former inmates return to crime because they don’t receive necessary skills.

    2319 days ago
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    Two of five WC escapees rearrested

    The prisoners reportedly overpowered an officer at the Lentegeur Police Station on Saturday.

    2395 days ago
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