At 5am on 26 November 2021, correctional services officials confiscated a variety of knives, weapons, drugs and cellphones while searching cells for contraband at Pollsmoor Prison — the largest prison ...

The Department of Correctional Services raided the Pollsmoor Correctional Centre on Wednesday, confiscating contraband. The operation formed part of the department's festive season clampdown in ...

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Correctional services minister Pieter Groenewald is under fire by the DA seeking an explanation as to how three dangerous inmates “disappeared” from Pollsmoor Maximum Security Prison. MP Nicholas ...

Illegal items such as money, scissors and cellphones were confiscated during a night raid at the Johannesburg (Sun City) prison on 24 July 2024. Photo: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News A variety of ...

Operations at Pollsmoor prison in Cape Town are back to normal after a two-week lockdown triggered by the stabbing of a prison warder by an inmate on June 27, the department of correctional services ...

Cape Town - Prison officials launched a special anti-escape operation at Pollsmoor on Tuesday, and found drugs, banned cellphones and even a steamy love letter. Operation Vala, meaning lockdown, was ...

The raid is part of festive season security campaigns.

Cape Town - Numbers gangs in Pollsmoor Prison have caused havoc this week as members from the 26s and 28s battle. On Monday night, inmates being held in the Medium B section of the jail set alight ...

Correctional Services National Commissioner, Makgothi Thobakgale, has authorised an immediate management intervention at Pollsmoor Correctional Facility in a move to address systemic failures at the ...