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Sunday World reports that an internal observation report has revealed that seven G4S officials, who were facing a probe, have jumped ship, and five more are on suspension, with one official having been dismissed.
At least 13 officials from the scandal-ridden private prison, Mangaung Correctional Centre, from which Thabo Bester escaped, are facing the music for “improper dealings with inmates”. A Department of Correctional Services (DCS) interim management team has taken over the running of Mangaung facility after the G4S was found implicated in Bester’s escape. An internal observation report by the DCS paints an ugly picture of the facility. The report alleges that the department’s officials, along with G4S members, are running syndicates within the centre which include a sex ring, where female officials “render sexual services to offenders for a fee averaging R1,000 to R1,500 per encounter”. The report also alleges that the selling of drugs in the facility is rife, especially dagga, which the report describes as “a rare commodity which is in demand and is lucrative in revenue”. The observation report focuses on matters that occurred on 22-25 May 2023, and claims the G4S intelligence officers “are well-heeled into the syndicate of activities at the Mangaung Correctional Centre”. The G4S is a multinational security company that is running the centre on behalf of the government for a R44-million fee a month. Mangaung, along with Kutama Sinthumule Correctional facility in Makhado, Limpopo, are the only two private prisons in the country.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Mzilikazi wa Afrika at Sunday World
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