Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union has urged government to sever ties with private institutions who operate maximum-security prisons Gallo Images/Volksblad/Mlungisi Louw
“This incident serves as irrefutable evidence that privately run prisons do not work, and that it is time for the state to fulfil its own constitutional responsibility to see to prisoners’ care, rehabilitation, and security rather than attempting to outsource its duties,” he said.Makhaza added that using foreign companies to run prisons posed a “security risk for the country.”
Following the brazen escape of Bester, also dubbed the Facebook rapist, DCS National Commissioner, Makgothi Thobakgale last month conceded that the boss of the contractor G4S had lost control of the prison.Parliament Despite receiving an invitation to appear before the committee last week, G4S failed to show up to the meeting.