acting Correctional Services Commissioner

S.Africa Trade Union Defends ‘strip Show’ For Inmates

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A South African trade union Thursday defended prison officers for organising an erotic dance show for inmates, denying the performers were strippers as they were “not half naked as alleged”. Pictures emerged of dancers in scanty black lingerie and knee-high boots cavorting with orange-clad prisoners at the high-security Johannesburg Correctional Centre jail. After the images … Read more

S. African Prison Guards Face Suspension Over Strip Show

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South African prison officials said Monday that they were considering suspending 13 guards after one of the country’s high-security jails held an “explicit” strip show for inmates last week. The announcement was made after racy pictures of prisoners in orange uniforms, some bare-chested, standing with scantily dressed women in black corsets and knee-high boots went … Read more