The African Christian Democratic Party in
the Western Cape said on Tuesday
that it calls on MEC of Social Development, Albert Fritz to investigate allegations
of electrified shields used at a facility for awaiting trial prisons to punish
them.
ADCP Provincial Leader Ferlon Christians
said such an illegal and inhumane method cannot be allowed to be used on
children.
On Tuesday the Wynberg
Magistriate Court said the children at Bosasa Horizon
Children Centre were not detainees but were placed by the state for care and
protection.
Christians added that the ACDP cannot
believe that police and correctional services would use electric shields to
subdue the youth.
He further said that they do understand
that SAPS and the correctional facilities are there to restore and maintain
order, but this should at least be done in manner that does not infringe on the
rights of children.
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