Thursday, April 15, 2010

Correctional service portfolio grilled in parliament

By Khanyisa Tabata
15 April 2010

Members of parliament are demanding to know what action the correctional services department will take to stamp out sexual violence in men's prisons.

The Correctional Services Committee expressed dismay after a briefing by the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation.

The committee’s Vincent Smith says he wants answers from the department when it next appears in Parliament for a briefing on security on May 12th.

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