Correctional Services Commissioner Makgothi Thobakgale will testify at the Madlanga Commission as it probes corruption and institutional compromise in the criminal justice system.
Correctional Services warned would-be escapees after Edward Khomotso Madiba fled Rooigrond Maximum on 6 Sept and was rearrested within 72 hours in Brits, authorities say.
Edward Khomotso Madiba, who escaped Rooigrond Maximum Correctional Centre, was rearrested in Brits after a coordinated manhunt and intelligence-led operation.
Brown Mogotsi is due back at the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court as Correctional Services prepares a report on an alleged escape plot; his fourth bail bid resumes.
Correctional Services says more than 30,000 foreign nationals are in SA prisons and housing them costs about R5.4bn a year. Transfers and MOUs with neighbours are...
Oupa Brown Mogotsi's fourth bail bid was postponed to Sept 1 after correctional services allegedly foiled an escape plan; authorities will submit a full report.
South Africa and Zimbabwe agreed an MoU framework to cooperate on correctional services, including interstate transfer of offenders and prison information exchange.
EFF says the Department of Correctional Services has not implemented a Labour Court order to reinstate nearly 200 former G4S staff at Mangaung, leaving them without...
Parliament’s Correctional Services Committee warns of gaps in confirmation of deaths in custody, rising unnatural deaths, allegations of inmate exploitation and contraband smuggling.
IOL reports inmates at Kgosi Mampuru allegedly paid R240 for bunks and faced sexual coercion. Correctional Services says it will investigate the serious allegations.