BARBERTON – Things are back to normal at the maximum correctional facility after the hunger strike by life sentenced prisoners was called off.
This comes after the management of the centre reached an agreement with the offenders yesterday during their private meeting.
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The whole saga unfolded last week after the offenders embarked on a hunger strike after they raised a concern about the delays of submitting their parole applications.
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One of the offenders, who is known to Mpumalanga News, confirmed that things are back to normal in cells.
“Yesterday we got a positive feedback after we submitted our memorandum .The area commissioner promised to give us a final decision regarding our parole applications after three months, so I can say at this stage that we are satisfied. We are happy that all the offenders who participated in the strike were not violent, which is a proof that indeed we are rehabilitated and we are fit to go back to the community,” he explained.
