Inmates share meal details amid 'food crisis' due to cost-cutting across South African prisons
The department of correctional services' new meal plan is intended to reduce costs while maintaining good nutrition, but inmates say this is not the case
17 March 2025 - 04:30
Since the implementation of a new meal plan due to cost-cutting measures, inmates in South Africa's prisons have complained of hunger and poor quality food. The “crisis” also extends to animals, with the NSPCA decrying a shortage of fodder...
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