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Pollsmoor Correctional Centre reviews security after prison break
Pollsmoor Correctional Centre reviews security after prison break! Correctional Services officials are conducting a comprehensive review of security protocols at…
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Escaped Pollsmoor prisoner Yanga Wayithi recaptured
Escaped Pollsmoor prisoner Yanga Wayithi recaptured! Three days after escaping from Pollsmoor Correctional Centre, prisoner Yanga Wayithi is back behind…
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More than 170 inmates set to write final Matric exams in Correctional Service schools
As the highly-anticipated National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations approach, the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has announced that a total…
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St Alban’s raid: Cellphones stashed in bucket lids, money ‘hidden’ in prisoners’ bums & contraband seized
Prison officials have recovered cellphones and money among other contraband during a raid at the St Albans Correctional Centre in…
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Update: Police arrest inmate who escaped from KZN prison
Police have arrested an inmate who escaped from a correctional facility in KwaZulu-Natal. Dumisani Mthethwa broke out of the Waterval…
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KZN police on high alert after convicted criminal escapes prison
Police in KwaZulu-Natal are on the hunt for a convicted criminal who escaped custody from the Waterval Correctional Centre earlier…
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Correctional Services Dept issues stern warning to repeat offenders after fire at Boksburg prison
The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has issued a stern warning to repeat offenders at the Boksburg prison following a…
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91 of 95 Libyans arrested at illegal military camp to await next court appearance in DCS facilities
Ninety-one out of 95 Libyans arrested at an illegal military camp in Mpumalanga have been admitted as detainees in their…
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Viral video of inmate bragging about living soft life in prison causes a stir
The Department of Correctional Services says it is appalled and incensed by a video making rounds on social media showing…
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First VBS Mutual Bank convict Phillip Truter was released on parole months ago
Phillip Truter, the first person to be sentenced for his role in the grand looting of VBS Mutual Bank, was…
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Dr Nandipha Magudumana injured following assault in prison
The Correctional Services Department has confirmed that disgraced celebrity doctor, Nandipha Magudumana, was the victim of an assault by a…
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Correctional Services Dept CFO fired after SIU probes dodgy PPE procurement
The Department of Correctional Services’ chief financial officer has been axed over dodgy COVID-19 personal protective equipment (PPE) procurements. The…
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Manhunt launched for suspect who escaped custody
Limpopo police were on Wednesday urgently seeking the public’s assistance to locate a suspect who escaped from custody. Witpoort police…
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Convicted rapist escapes from Mamelodi hospital
Authorities have launched a manhunt for a convicted rapist who escaped from custody this week. In August 2018, Clatta Gumbo…
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Oscar Pistorius is back at home
Paralympian Oscar Pistorius has been released from prison and is at his uncle Arnold’s home. The Department of Correctional Services…
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DCS: Oscar Pistorius to participate in ‘free release programme’ to prepare for parole
For the next six weeks, Oscar Pistorius will be preparing for life on the outside. Pistorius was on Friday granted…
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Former Northern Cape ANC chair & convicted fraudster John Block released on parole
The Correctional Services Department has released former Northern Cape (African National Congress ANC) leader and MEC John Block on parole…
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Rosemary Ndlovu charged with contravening the Correctional Services Act
A convicted serial killer and former policewoman Rosemary Ndlovu has been charged with contravening the correctional services act after being…
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2nd convicted r@pist who escaped from Ngqeleni prison on Freedom Day recaptured at hospital
Police in Mthatha have rearrested the second of two convicted rapists who escaped from Ngqeleni Correctional Services during Freedom Day.…
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Convicted rapists flee from Eastern Cape jail
Officials have launched a manhunt for two inmates who escaped from the Ngqeleni Correctional Centre. The two are both convicted…
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Correctional Services dismisses claims Thabo Bester is now a Mangaung inmate
The Department of Correctional Services has refuted claims that convicted murderer and rapist Thabo Bester has been returned to the…
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DCS: Priority is to get Thabo Bester behind bars as he’s extremely dangerous
The Department of Correctional Services has urged anyone with information about the convicted murderer and rapist, Thabo Bester’s whereabouts to…
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Correctional Services confirm body found in cell is not the convicted r@pist, Thabo Bester
Correctional Services says those involved in the Thabo Bester prison-escape will be punished. The department’s confirmed that the body found…
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Prisoners attack 4 officials at Drakenstein Correctional Centre
Four correctional services officials were stabbed by inmates at the Drakenstein Correctional Centre on Wednesday. Officials said the attackers used…
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Department of Correctional Services confirms Jacob Zuma’s prison sentence has ended
The Department of Correctional Services says former President Jacob Zuma’s prison sentence has officially ended. Zuma was handed a 15-month…
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Inmates to assist in flood relief efforts in KZN
Following widespread devastation in KwaZulu Natal, the Department of Correctional Services said it would be providing much-needed assistance to communities…
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It’s a LIE; he’s locked: Kwaito star Brickz still behind bars – Correctional services set record straight
The correctional service spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo has dismissed rumours that Kwaito star Brickz was released from jail. Last week, social…
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North West police search for prisoners on the run
North West police are searching for four suspects who escaped Rooigrond Correctional Centre near Mahikeng. The inmates are considered extremely…
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Westville Prison warden and private citizen in court for attempting to smuggle dagga
Westville Prison warden and private citizen in court for attempting to smuggle dagga. According to a KZN police spokesperson, the…
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Correctional Services to investigate Mthatha prison fight
Correctional Services is probing a deadly brawl at the Mthatha Correctional Centre. One inmate died and an official and another…
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Prison official caught handing 95 mandrax tablets to inmate
A correctional services official has been arrested after he was caught ‘red handed’ trying to hand over 95 mandrax tables…
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Department of Correctional Services to appeal court judgment on Jacob Zuma medical parole
The Department of Correctional Services has confirmed that it will also be appealing the High Court judgment on the medical…
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Correctional Services probe security breach that saw 2 inmates escape
The Correctional Services Department said on Saturday that it was investigating a security breach after two inmates escaped and were…
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Correctional Services: Jacob Zuma will complete sentence under community corrections
The Correctional Services Department’s confirmed former president Jacob Zuma’s been placed on medical parole. Zuma will now complete the rest…
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Joburg prison officer killing: Popcru demands answers and wants heads to roll
The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) is demanding answers over the apparent rape and murder of a 50-year-old…
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Correctional Services: Jacob Zuma remains in hospital
Correctional Services spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo says former president Jacob Zuma remains in hospital and awaits the doctors’ report. The arms…
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SA violence: Prisons overcrowded after looting arrests
Correctional Services is struggling to isolate COVID-19 positive inmates. Many of those recently arrested for alleged looting have tested positive.…
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Jacob Zuma’s farewell message as he goes back to jail
Former president Jacob Zuma has returned to the Estcourt prison to resume his 15-month sentence for contempt of court. This…
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Dept of Correctional Services mum on how long Jacob Zuma will be free
The Department of Correctional Services has declined to divulge details around whether former president Jacob Zuma’s compassionate leave to attend…
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Jacob Zuma applies for compassionate leave to attend brother’s funeral – dept
The Department for Correctional Services has confirmed to the publication that former President Jacob Zuma has applied to attend his…
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Jacob Zuma entitled to compassionate leave to attend brother’s funeral
The Department of Justice and Correctional Services said like all other inmates, former President Jacob Zuma was entitled to compassionate…
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Funeral details of Jacob Zuma’s late brother released
Michael Zuma, the younger brother of jailed former President Jacob Zuma will be buried at his Nkandla home on Thursday.…
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Video: Chaos at KZN prison; one inmate dead
An inmate has died after riots broke out at Umzinto Prison in KwaZulu-Natal’s South Coast on Monday afternoon. Videos showing…
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Dept of Correctional Services dismisses reports of prison protest
Correctional Services has dismissed reports of a prisoner hunger strike at the Estcourt Correctional Centre as fake news. That is…
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Journalist charged for allegedly stealing Jacob Zuma prison photos
A criminal case has been opened against a journalist who allegedly stole and distributed Jacob Zuma’s prison photos. Correctional Services…
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Correctional Services to take action after images of Jacob Zuma in prison leaked
A criminal case has been opened after a camera SD card, containing images of former president Jacob Zuma, being admitted…
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Correctional Services: Jacob Zuma being assessed at intake facility
Police took former President Jacob Zuma into custody and handed him over to the Estcourt Correctional Centre. Correctional Services spokesperson…
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KZN woman wants answers over husband’s death in prison after being assaulted
The family of slain inmate Sphandla Njilo, who succumbed to injuries and died in Glencoe prison after allegedly being brutally…
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Popcru accuses correctional services of failing to reduce staff to 50% to curb Covid-19
The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) has accused the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) of failing to reduce…
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Video of 3 inmates allegedly beating up prison warder surfaces – Watch
The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has labelled the videos that depicted three inmates assaulting an official as “fake news”.…
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