Watch — police blow up explosive-loaded drone on Ecuador prison's roof
A drone loaded with explosives blasted a hole in the roof of a prison that has held some of Ecuador’s most notorious drug lords, in the latest sign of the nation’s slide into chaos.
Police special forces carried out a...
Renaming prisons should help transform them into centres of hope, the correctional services department said on Thursday.
"Minister Sibusiso Ndebele says that the renaming of correctional centres must assist in transforming places of incarceration to centres of hope and second chances,"...
An ex-prisoner, who said he contracted HIV after being gang-raped on his first night in jail, is suing the correctional services ministry for R1.7 million, the Cape Times reported on Friday.
The 41-year-old from the Western Cape alleged that he was "deliberately" placed in a cell with known...