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Four inmates at a Limpopo maximum-security prison are suing the management company for R3 million in damages after one of them was allegedly assaulted by prison officials, with the others claiming emotional trauma from witnessing the incident.
The Department of Correctional Services confirms the unnatural death of inmate Mpho Mkhumbeni at Mangaung Correctional Centre, sparking an investigation into alleged torture and misconduct by prison officials.
The Department of Correctional Services confirms the unnatural death of inmate Mpho Mkhumbeni at Mangaung Correctional Centre, sparking an investigation into alleged torture and misconduct by prison officials.
Tragedy strikes at Mangaung Correctional Centre as an inmate took his own life by hanging.
The UK government announced plans on Wednesday to build four new prisons by 2031 to ease an overcrowding crisis, which triggered the early releases of hundreds of inmates this year.
US President Joe Biden is facing growing calls to commute the death sentences of the more than three dozen federal inmates on Death Row before Donald Trump returns to the White House.