Correctional services minister Ronald Lamola has ducked questions on government's alleged plan to release 19,000 low-risk prisoners to respond to the challenge of social distancing in the country's overcrowded prisons
The government has refused to answer questions on allegations that thousands of inmates could be released to deal with overcrowding in SA prisons amid the coronavirus pandemic.Correctional services minister Ronald Lamola has ducked questions on the government's alleged plan to release 19,000 low-risk prisoners to respond to the challenge of social distancing in the country's overcrowded prisons.
The minister was appearing before the portfolio committee on justice and correctional services and the select committee on security and justice to respond to questions about work he was doing to counter the Covid-19 threat. According to Lamola, only then would the correct facts come to light, because him commenting on the matter would just add fuel to fire.Selfe asked:"I really [would] like to ask the minister whether he could provide clarity surrounding the announced release of prisoners from our correctional centres. How many, when and, please, just take us through the process of who gets released and who doesn’t as this obviously is causing a great consternation in the public.
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