Popcru said the Correctional Services department is undermining state security by allowing private and foreign companies to run and control some of the country's prisons.
JOHANNESBURG - The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union said the Correctional Services department is undermining state security by allowing private and foreign companies to run and control some of the country's prisons.
This follows a confirmation by the department that the man dubbed the 'Facebook rapist', Thabo Bester, escaped from the Mangaung Prison in Bloemfontein in May last year.Bester, who was serving a life sentence for murder and a series of rape charges had been declared dead after his prison cell caught fire. However, DNA sequencing done on a woman identified as Bester's mother did not match that of the burnt body in the prison cell.
“These private companies have a disregard for human rights. Aside from the moral and ethical arguments about prison privatisation, there is ample operational evidence that the policy itself is flawed. The fact that the human rights dimension of private prisons has not been fully examined, is a dereliction of duty.”
Meanwhile, national police commissioner Fannie Masemola said investigations surrounding Bester's prison escape are high on their priority list.“And this is done in the best interest of justice for the victims, survivors and the affected families.
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