Correctional Services is struggling to isolate COVID-19 positive inmates.
Many of those recently arrested for alleged looting have tested positive.
The department said this is putting strain on an already overburdened system.
Correctional Services’ Singabakho Nxumalo said, “every newly admitted person must be isolated. As they come in in big numbers, we have to put them in isolation. We have to move other inmates from other sections, convert into isolation sites, so that’s where we’re also feeling the pressure. .. we can’t be having our facilities declared superspreaders. that’s something we can’t afford to have.”
Source: eNCA
In other news – Shona Ferguson fighting for his life in ICU
Actor, filmmaker, and actor Shona Ferguson is fighting for his life after undergoing a heart operation at a private hospital in Joburg.
The 47-year old actor who is also husband to actress Connie Ferguson was admitted more than a week ago to Milpark private hospital where he is currently in intensive care unit (ICU). Learn More
The post SA violence: Prisons overcrowded after looting arrests appeared first on News365.co.za.
إرسال تعليق