Some of the country’s jailed prisoners are drinking cognac, watching DSTV and using cellphones, it was reported on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The correctional services department made a submission to the parliamentary portfolio committee on Wednesday about violence in prisons, Beeld reported.<\/p>\n
Committee members, in particular its chairman Vincent Smith, were dissatisfied with the information supplied by the department about specific incidents.<\/p>\n
“Your submission is very sparse. Nowhere did you mention cellphones in prisons. Nobody spoke about prison officials conspiring with prisoners to smuggle in cellphones,” Smith was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n
He reportedly said DSTV-walkas were being smuggled into jails, along with drugs.<\/p>\n
“In Durban Westville they’re drinking Hennessy. We get calls at midnight, because some of them are affiliated to us.”<\/p>\n
“Twelve o’clock at night: ‘No, I’m sitting here with a Hennessy and a DSTV-walka and I’m watching Liverpool against Arsenal.'”<\/p>\n
Smith proposed a meeting to deal with the issue of gang activities in prisons.<\/p>\n
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