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TimesLIVE reports that with coronavirus infections and the death toll due to the disease on the increase in prisons, the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) says its employees are being ostracised by the community.
DCS spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo said some correctional service employees were being denied entry into certain shops in the Eastern Cape if they were in uniform. “The situation is getting unpalatable, especially in the Eastern Cape, as DCS officials are subjected to inhumane treatment when visiting shops and other public places. This is abhorrent conduct of the worst form and has no place in the collective efforts of preventing the spread of coronavirus,” Nxumalo stated. He added that “even worse, members of the community are pointing fingers at the brown uniform and stigmatising our officials.” Nxumalo described the situation as “demoralising” especially because the department’s employees were delivering an essential service. In the Eastern Cape, the deaths of two prisoners who had contracted the virus were reported on Tuesday. The province has recorded 100 infections in its prisons. Thirty-five of those infected were prison officials and 65 were inmates. But there has been a high recovery rate as fifty-eight recoveries have been recorded.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Naledi Shange at TimesLIVE
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