23 hours a day in SA's 'cave' of shame

14 July 2015 - 02:13

By Shenaaz Jamal and Graeme Hosken

The South African Human Rights Commission is to investigate the confinement of six Pretoria prisoners held in solitary isolation for 23 hours a day for nearly a month. The six were placed in isolation cells in a basement in Kgosi Mampuru II Prison - dubbed ''the Cave'' - after being labelled troublemakers.

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