Two more officials suspended at Ngqeleni Correctional Centre after escapes

JOHANNESBURG - The Correctional Services Department says two more officials have been suspended, following the escape of two inmates from the Ngqeleni Correctional Centre in the Eastern Cape last week.

This bringsthe total number of officials suspended who were on duty on the day of the prison break to 10, after an initial eight officials were temporarily dismissed.- Two Eastern Cape inmates escape from Ngqeleni Correctional Centre- Manhunt still underway for two rapists who escaped from EC prison on Freedom Day

Since then, one of them, Siyabulela Kholiso, has been rearrested and transferred to Mthatha Correctional Centre.Correctional Services’ commissioner Makgothi Thobakgale said additional resources had been deployed. “The escape happened at about 15:30 in the afternoon, on the 27 of April 2023, from the sports field. Additional resources have been deployed in support of the emergency team of Correction Services, who are working together with the South African Police Service.”

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