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An inmate escape from the Rooigrond Correctional Centre in the North West has raised fresh questions about security, overcrowding and infrastructure failures at the facility. POPCRU says the escape exposes longstanding problems, including overcrowding, broken infrastructure, water shortages, inadequate maintenance and concerns over staffing and security equipment.
An inmate escape from the Rooigrond Correctional Centre in the North West has raised fresh questions about security, overcrowding and infrastructure failures at the facility. POPCRU says the escape exposes longstanding problems, including overcrowding, broken infrastructure, water shortages, inadequate maintenance and concerns over staffing and security equipment. The union is calling for an urgent investigation and says frontline correctional officers should not be made scapegoats for systemic failures
Guest: Johannes Dire, Provincial Secretary of POPCRU North West.
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