Airtime buys the good life in prisons
08 July 2015 - 02:02
Airtime has become the new hard currency in South Africa's prisons. The Department of Correctional Services has struggled to deal with the increase in cellphone use by inmates across the country.Several prisoners who spoke to The Times yesterday said they were using airtime for bartering, as cigarettes were used in the past.
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