The 50-year old officer had 23 years of service and was based at the Medium A: Covid-19 isolation site, where her body was discovered on the floor.
Pretoria - The body of a 50-year-old Correctional Services officer was discovered lying in a pool of blood at the Leeuwkop Correctional Centre in Johannesburg on Tuesday night.
’’The department is in the process of establishing the facts and circumstances that led to her death,” spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo said on Wednesday. Nxumalo said an investigation has been launched and it will be prioritised “to move with speed so as to ascertain the cause of death” and bring the perpetrators of this criminal act to book.
“DCS is going all out and will ensure that this incident is probed to the fullest. We will not allow incidents that undermine security in our centres to prevail and harsh action will be taken against anyone involved in such.”
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