Cape Town - The unnatural death of inmates in correctional facilities in the country has been on the increase since 2016.
This emerged in a preliminary report sent to the justice and correctional services minister, his deputy, the national commissioner of correctional services and the National Assembly committee on justice and correctional services chairperson, by the Inspecting Judge of Correctional Services, Justice Johann van der Westhuizen.“The total amount of unnatural deaths reported since 2016 , 2017 . Last year and this year totalling 299, with a marked increase in the past two years.
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TheCapeArgus Firstly get magistrates and judges to visit prisons as the law stipulate not to be armchair critics of the uncontrollable situation at the hands of officers that judiciary have all the means to avoid constitutionally
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