Space sought for prisoners
02 November 2015 - 02:06
South Africa's prisons are bursting at the seams, with the situation so severe that, in KwaZulu-Natal, officials are looking to ship 4000 inmates to prisons in other provinces. Gauteng and Western Cape are also battling severe overcrowding, but officials in KwaZulu-Natal believe there is capacity in North West, the Free State, Northern Cape, Mpumalanga and Limpopo to handle the extra numbers.
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