Overcrowding in prisons remains a serious challenge: Popcru - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader.

📆 2023/01/12 07:16:00
📰 SABCNews

⏱ Reading Time:
8 sec. here
2 min. at publisher
📊 Quality Score:
News: 6%
Publisher: 51%

South Africa News News

South Africa South Africa Latest News,South Africa South Africa Headlines

Police, Prisons, and Civil Rights Union (Popcru) says overcrowding in prisons remains a serious challenge for correctional officials.

Earlier, Justice and Correctional Services Minister, Ronald Lamola revealed that the inmate population has increased by 7.67% between the 2020/2021 and 2022/2023 financial years.Lamola revealed this in a written reply to an Economic Freedom Fighters Parliamentary question in the National Council of Provinces .

Meanwhile, Minister Lamola says the impact of overcrowding remains a challenge which continues to put strain on available resources.

Write Comment

Build new prisons

Release the rehabilitated ones

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

South Africa South Africa Latest News, South Africa South Africa Headlines