DA calls for cell phone ban at Eastern Cape prison to fight gangsterism

The Democratic Party in the Eastern Cape has called for cell phones to be banned at Port Elizabeth’s St Albans prison as part of efforts to fight gangsterism in the area. DA shadow MEC for safety and security in the province‚ Bobby Stevenson‚ said on Sunday that police complain that hits and intimidation of witnesses are organised from St Albans and that a total ban of cellphones at the prison – including prison staff – will assist in eradicating the scourge of gangsterism in the city’s norther...