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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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