Chaos erupted at the Boksburg Correctional Centre in Gauteng on Monday, with prison guards firing rubber bullets at a group of unruly inmates who hurled rocks and stones.
Department of correctional services spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo said the inmates had barricaded a sectional gate to prevent having their cells being searched.
“Boksburg Correctional Centre in the Gauteng region is calm and order has been restored after an incident on Monday where a group of inmates became unruly and barricaded a sectional gate during the search operation. “This was in retaliation to a mandatory search operation by the department's national task team o as part of its festive season security operation,” he said.
However, inmates disputed this and alleged they were playing soccer when the prison guards opened fire on them. Chaos erupted at Boksburg Correctional Centre in Gauteng on Monday when prison guards fired rubber bullets at a group of unruly inmates during a search operation. According to DCS the inmates barricaded a sectional gate to prevent being searched.
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