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R36 billion needed to build new prisons to deal with overcrowding – Groenewald

Prison that Thabo Bester escaped from to be taken over by government at cost of R50m

Crime

Correctional Services bust 285 officials and inmates for smuggling contraband in six months

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Courts

Minister Groenewald denies Liebenberg’s ‘make his life hell’ allegation as courtroom drama unfolds

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Groenewald confirms foreigners with life sentences were paroled… and deported

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Assessment of Thabo Bester cell showed ‘security violations’, says DCS

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Officials who delayed reporting Bester’s escape handed final written warnings

Taliep’s former wife’s parole stalled: Minister orders review

Over 500 Correctional Services officials dismissed in last five years

Groenewald denies majority of 385 life sentence parole applications

Why is it so easy to smuggle cellphones into SA prisons? – DA demands answers

Two senior Goodwood prison officials among six charged for Zimbabwean inmate’s ‘soft life’ video

KZN prison inmate escapes while on gardening duty

Parole of ex-police officer Marius van der Westhuizen who killed his three children overturned

Hunger strike, 18 months later: Inmate who stabbed Janusz Waluś transferred from C-Max prison

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Groenewald blocks 28s gang boss George ‘Geweld’ Thomas’ move to WC prison

GNU: New brooms leave ANC in the dust with transparency campaigns

Suspects can’t afford R1k bail – Groenewald‘s overcrowding prison headache

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Groenewald plans visit to ‘Thabo Bester facility’ to meet private prison CEO

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