David van Nek was incarcerated in Pollsmoor Prison from 2013 until 2015 and participated in the restorative justice programme.
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It doesn’t mean that if you work in the kitchen, you have access to the food. There are senior cooks, ‘fat cats,’ who have been working five to ten years. Each cook has his assistant. Talking about fat cakes, the guys that have high ranks in the numbers. They send the assistant to the cook for a special plate, a “special one.”I worked both sides in the kitchen. We have a special unit. We deliver the food to the sections with special plates. To work in the kitchen, you are paid R20.00 a day.
Some guys can hate you for food. You know, a hungry guy can do silly things. If you are working in the prison yard, one challenge you can face is that you can meet people outside that will offer you drugs, knives, or weed.Some gangsters will want to fight you. At the end of the day, you are playing with your ticket. They can offer you R1000, but you must remember, for example, they get R1000. They will give you a R2000 fine or a 5-year prison sentence.
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