Deputy Minister of Correctional Services, Thabang Makwetla, says prisoners in South Africa receive better health care from government than ordinary citizens who are not in jail.

Makwetla visited the Johannesburg Correctional Centre on Monday to show the media what the facility is doing about HIV/Aids, Tuberculosis (TB) and other communicable diseases.

Members of the media were taken on tour of the Johannesburg Prison, in particular, the clinic which works with the National Health Laboratory Services, making it easy to conduct tests on site.

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