Correctional Services spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo said his department was able to confirm that Jacob Zuma had been placed on medical parole. jacobzuma medicalparole crime court
He said Minister Lamola – a day after Zuma’s imprisonment, addressed the nation and told it that Zuma would not receive preferential treatment, “look what is happening now.”
“A report on the health status of any prisoner must be subject to the recommendation by an independent board to confirm, in truth, that a prisoner is indeed deserving of medical parole. Given that Jacob Zuma publicly refused to be examined by an independent medical professional, let alone a medical advisory board, this decision is a violation of the act and therefore unlawful,” Steenhuisen said.
“Apart from being terminally ill and physically incapacitated, inmates suffering from an illness that severely limits their daily activity or self-care can also be considered for medical parole. The risk of reoffending of released inmates must also be low and there must be appropriate arrangements for the inmate’s supervision, care and treatment within the community to which the inmate is to be released to,” he said.
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