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Media Statement - Correctional Services Committee Welcomes the Department of Correctional Services' Gang Management Strategy

The Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services notes with appreciation the Department of Correctional Services' (DCS) gang management strategy and wishes to publicly announce its support.The ...
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Correctional Services Committee Raises Alarm Over R8 Million Legal Costs, Reviews Gang Management Strategy

The Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services received briefings from the Department of Correctional Services on litigation involving the Department of Correctional Services (DCS), inmate ...
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This gang has ruled South Africa’s prisons for over 100 years

South Africa’s prisons are not ruled by wardens or laws. They are ruled by a gang known simply as the Numbers. Founded more than 135 years ago, the Numbers gang operates through strict hierarchy, ...

Soldiers on the streets. What’s behind South Africa’s plan to deploy army in high-crime areas

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says he will deploy the army to high crime areas to help police in this country that has some of the highest violent crime rates in the world.
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South Africa will deploy troops to fight illegal mining and gang violence, president says

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's president said Thursday that the country would send its troops into communities to help police fight the scourge of illegal mining and gang violence in its two ...