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Correctional services launched an investigation into allegations of corrupt officials.

Correctional Services National Commissioner Makgothi Samuel Thobakgale says the department has launched an investigation into allegations of corrupt correctional service officials, who are believed to be giving unauthorized private hospital passes to wealthy prisoners in KwaZulu-Natal.

It is alleged that these are prisoners are serving time at the Durban Westville Prison and New Prison in Pietermaritzburg.“It has caused a lot of stir in the media space. We are not supposed to be treating offenders differently. There are rules, we have a standard operating procedures, we also follow the correctional services act, and we have to comply with the constitution.

 

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