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"contents": "<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Select Committee On Security and Justice last week conducted an oversight visit to Pollsmoor Prison to review the Department of Correctional Services’ (DCS) operations, including staffing, programmes and infrastructure challenges. </span>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2366854\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/ED_520411-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"parliament jail life\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1280\" /> <em>The admission centre during a parliamentary oversight visit to Pollsmoor Correctional Centre in Cape Town. (Photo: Gallo Images / Brenton Geach)</em></p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2367350\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/ED_520416-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"parliament jail life\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1317\" /> <em>The admission centre at Pollsmoor Correctional Centre. (Photo: Gallo Images / Brenton Geach)</em></p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2367000\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/ED_520407-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"parliament jail life\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1438\" /> <em>The admission centre at Pollsmoor Correctional Centre in Cape Town. (Photo: Gallo Images / Brenton Geach)</em></p>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The visit was sparked by a </span><a href=\"https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2024-07-18-watch-inmate-bragging-about-nice-life-no-rent-in-video-sent-to-get-jail-education-in-maximum-security/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">viral TikTok video</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> showing Zimbabwean national Bornface Banks — who is facing charges of murder, extortion and firearm possession — inside the Goodwood Correctional Centre. In the video, Banks boasted about his ease of life behind bars and displayed prohibited items. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Banks was subsequently transferred to a maximum security facility in the Western Cape. He is due to appear in court again on 9 October.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DA member Nicholas Gotsell, a member of the committee that visited Pollsmoor, said: “The inhumane conditions which remand detainees </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">—</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who are presumed innocent until they are found guilty </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">—</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are subjected to include no mattresses on the few beds in cells which house detainees upon their return from court, a flooded corridor and filthy bathrooms and toilets.” </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He said the conditions were exacerbated by courts not dealing with cases speedily. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“The DA calls on the ministers of justice and correctional services, Thembi Simelane and Pieter Groenewald, to urgently fast-track the use of virtual hearings, where these are possible, as a first step towards addressing the issue of remand detainees. This will also help reduce the risk involved in the transportation of prisoners and contribute to cost-cutting.” </span>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2366851\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/ED_520406-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"parliament jail life\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1450\" /> <em>A dirty toilet stall at Pollsmoor Correctional Centre. (Photo: Gallo Images / Brenton Geach)</em></p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2366853\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/ED_520410-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"parliament jail life\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1540\" /> <em>The hospital section of the admission centre during an oversight visit to Pollsmoor Correctional Centre in Cape Town. 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(Photo: Gallo Images / Brenton Geach)</em></p>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The committee expressed its concerns over flooded cells and underused spaces at the prison. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It called for a Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Cluster meeting to address the need to improve the processing of remand detainees and release funds for more virtual court facilities.</span>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2367351\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/ED_520418-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"parliament jail life\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1225\" /> The kitchen at the admission centre at Pollsmoor Correctional Centre. (Photo: Gallo Images / Brenton Geach)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2366856\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/ED_520417-scaled.jpg\" alt=\", South Africa. The Select Committee on Security and Justice received a comprehensive introduction to the work of the Department of Correctional Services, its programmes, staffing, provincial challenges, infrastructure, fraud, and combatting contraband.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1429\" /> <em>The kitchen in the admission centre during an oversight visit to Pollsmoor Correctional Centre in Cape Town. (Photo: Gallo Images / Brenton Geach)</em></p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2367347\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/ED_520404-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"parliament jail life\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1387\" /> <em>The sewing room at Pollsmoor Correctional Centre. (Photo: Gallo Images / Brenton Geach)</em></p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2367348\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/ED_520424-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"parliament jail life\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1360\" /> <em>The woodwork area at Pollsmoor Correctional Centre. (Photo: Gallo Images/Brenton Geach)</em></p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2366852\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/ED_520408-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"parliament jail life mananiso\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1321\" /> <em>Jane Seboletswe Mananiso, chairperson of the Select Committee on Security and Justice, during an oversight visit to Pollsmoor Correctional Centre in Cape Town on 11 September 2024. (Photo: Gallo Images / Brenton Geach)</em></p>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Striking a positive note, select committee chairperson Jane Mananiso praised the inmates’ work in woodwork, steel and textiles.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“We also appreciate the special facilities for mothers and their babies and the beautiful educare facility. The DCS [Department of Correctional Services] is clearly taking good care of our mothers and babies. 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The admission centre during a parliamentary oversight visit to Pollsmoor Correctional Centre in Cape Town. (Photo: Gallo Images / Brenton Geach)
The admission centre at Pollsmoor Correctional Centre. (Photo: Gallo Images / Brenton Geach)
The admission centre at Pollsmoor Correctional Centre in Cape Town. (Photo: Gallo Images / Brenton Geach)
A dirty toilet stall at Pollsmoor Correctional Centre. (Photo: Gallo Images / Brenton Geach)
The hospital section of the admission centre during an oversight visit to Pollsmoor Correctional Centre in Cape Town. (Photo: Gallo Images / Brenton Geach)
The hospital section at the admission centre at Pollsmoor Correctional Centre on September 11, 2024. (Photo: Gallo Images / Brenton Geach)
The kitchen at the admission centre at Pollsmoor Correctional Centre. (Photo: Gallo Images / Brenton Geach)
The kitchen in the admission centre during an oversight visit to Pollsmoor Correctional Centre in Cape Town. (Photo: Gallo Images / Brenton Geach)
The sewing room at Pollsmoor Correctional Centre. (Photo: Gallo Images / Brenton Geach)
The woodwork area at Pollsmoor Correctional Centre. (Photo: Gallo Images/Brenton Geach)
Jane Seboletswe Mananiso, chairperson of the Select Committee on Security and Justice, during an oversight visit to Pollsmoor Correctional Centre in Cape Town on 11 September 2024. (Photo: Gallo Images / Brenton Geach)