The Mangaung Correctional Centre in Bloemfontein is back in the headlines for the same wrong reasons. This after another G4S employee was stabbed by an inmate at the prison.

The interim manager at the prison, Zecharia Modise, says they have decided to relax lock down and allow inmates to do some daily activities.

Modise says the employee has since received treatment and the inmate has been locked in a special cell. “I can confirm that yesterday, one offender attacked and stabbed an official with a piece of a toilet pot on his hand. Correctional Services officials intervened and took out the perpetrator and locked him up in a special care. What I can confirm is that Mangaung is most back to 100% normal. It’s only here and there where one offender or two are trying to be problematic.”

Last week, several employees including a top official from the Correctional Services Department got stabbed at the same prison. The department of Correctional Services then took over management of the prison after G4S had failed to meet some of its contractual obligations.

Acting National Commissioner, Nontsikelelo Jolingana said there had been serious contractual violations by G4S. She said the department had appointed a team of senior managers to take over the management of the prison until a final decision is taken.
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