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Three new nonfiction book reviews

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Shaun de Waal reviews three nonfiction books by Ruth Hopkins, Philippa Garson and Tom Eaton
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Retraction: Department did not refer death of Mangaung inmate to police

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Press ombud Johan Retief has ruled that neither the department of correctional services nor any other source confirmed this referral.
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Mangaung prison inmate ‘tortured to death’

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Chilling new claims of inmate abuse at the embattled Mangaung prison in the Free State have emerged.
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Still no progress on Mangaung prison abuse claims

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The wheels of justice are turning slowly in the case of a Free State jail accused of torturing its inmates.
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Privatisation of prisons has ‘failed’

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The Mangaung prison crisis has put the failure of private security before Parliament.
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Mangaung defends antipsychotic injections for prisoners

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Antipsychotic injections are necessary to subdue inmates, says medical staff at the Mangaung Correctional Centre.
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Privately-run prisons are failing, says Ndebele

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Privately-run prisons will cost the state R12-billion over the next 14 years and the results yielded have been disappointing, Parliament has heard.
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Probe into Mangaung prison torture nearly complete

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A two-pronged probe into allegations of torture at Mangaung prison will be completed in the next two weeks, MPs have been told.
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G4S: Prison ‘an excellent example’ of private-public partnership

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G4S regional president Andy Baker responds to the allegations that warders use brutal methods to control prisoners at Mangaung prison in Bloemfontein.
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Ndebele: Mangaung prison torture will be investigated

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Claims of torture in Mangaung prison will be investigated, says Correctional Services Minister Sibusiso Ndebele.
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State seizes bedlam-riven Bloem prison

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After warden assaults, hostage dramas and inmate violence, G4S has lost control of the Mangaung Correctional Centre.
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Mangaung prison hostage set free, no injuries reported

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A woman who works for the Mangaung Correctional Centre in Bloemfontein has been released after being taken hostage by four inmates.
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