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Chairperson of the portfolio committee on correctional services, Anthea Ramolobeng. (File photo)
48 OVERCROWDING RATE

Overcrowding in SA prisons exacerbated by ‘huge number of foreign nationals’

At Emthonjeni Youth Correctional Centre in Baviaanspoort in October last year, of the 525 juvenile offenders, 400 were foreign nationals

  • Des Erasmus
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