Prisons are assets with huge demand and consume a large portion of public capital
Promises by MPs to call further witnesses and to produce a report for debate in the National Assembly have not materialised
Thabo Bester’s escape has highlighted problems at the security firm’s facilities on the continent where strikes, discontent and reports of maltreatment are rife
The celebrity doctor and others are accused of helping convicted rapist and murder Thabo Bester escape from prison last year
A Canadian pension fund has been questioned about its investment in the private prisons’ company
Tieho Frans Makhotsa and Natasha Jansen made their first court appearance alongside co-accused for their alleged role in helping Thabo Bester escape from prison
It cost the state R45 million a month to maintain the contract with G4S
Police trade union president calls for an end to the public-private prison system, citing the foreign company is more concerned with profit than rehabilitation
We should question the issue of prison outsourcing when the motive is profit and not public safety
Evidence suggests that the burnt body found in Bester’s cell was smuggled in via a TV cabinet
Nandipha Magudumana charged in in Mangaung court with murder, fraud and violating a corpse
Police say that more suspects are likely to be arrested
The portfolio committee for justice will summon the security company at the prison from which convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester escaped
We are bound to run into trouble when the private sector is given free rein to determine who is deserving of being treated as human and who is not
The company says contractual restrictions limit its interaction with the public, stopping it from giving its side of the story to the legislature
However, abuse and torture at the prison have improved, the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services says
The department will immediately take over the management of Mangaung Prison from multinational private security company G4S
Shaun de Waal reviews three nonfiction books by Ruth Hopkins, Philippa Garson and Tom Eaton
G4S has belatedly sought to prevent the release of medical records of inmates who say they were tortured
The Mangaung prison crisis has put the failure of private security before Parliament.
