Pollsmoor prison | Security breaches prompt close scrutiny

CAPE TOWN - Correctional Services Commissioner, Samuel Thobakgale, has appointed two officials to investigate security breaches at Pollsmoor Prison in Cape Town.

Two inmates were erroneously released.

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An administrative oversight temporarily gave John Henry Mpelo his freedom, while Inganathi Daba got out using another detainee's name.

Both men were re-arrested within two weeks.

  • eNCA's Nobesuthu Hejana reports that authorities are also exploring signal jamming technology to curb criminal activity that's coordinated by phone from within the prison.

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