The Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services and the Department of Correctional Services are at loggerheads over findings of an investigation into allegations of abuse of inmates of Indian descent.
As controversy grows over the decision to free the two men responsible for the gruesome 1994 attack on Alison Botha, Correctional Services officials are adamant that they were simply following the letter of the law.
Ever so often news headlines about vicious crimes of rape and murder overshadow the harsh realities faced by victims, who silently suffer behind the shock factor of hard news in areas such as Mbekweni.
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