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LOOK: ‘Covid threat’ in jam-packed jails By Bongani Hans Share Johannesburg - A prisoners’ rights group and the Department of Correctional Services are at loggerheads over the threat posed by Covid-19 after an Independent Media investigation has revealed overcrowding in the country’s jails. The SA Prisoners’ Organisation for Human Rights (Sapohr) has expressed concern about the high rate of Covid19 infections, which have claimed the lives of inmates and prison warders at various centres Awaiting trial and sentenced prisoners have raised frustration about alleged serious human rights violations, including torture, murder, overcrowding and provision of sub-standard meals at correctional centres across the country.

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