https://www.polity.org.za
Deepening Democracy through Access to Information
Home / News / South African News RSS ← Back
Services
Services
services
Close

Email this article

separate emails by commas, maximum limit of 4 addresses

Sponsored by

Close

Article Enquiry

EFF in KZN calls for immediate suspension of prison warders in Glencoe

Close

Embed Video

EFF in KZN calls for immediate suspension of prison warders in Glencoe

EFF in KZN calls for immediate suspension of prison warders in Glencoe

9th April 2021

By: Sane Dhlamini
Creamer Media Senior Contributing Editor and Researcher

ARTICLE ENQUIRY      SAVE THIS ARTICLE      EMAIL THIS ARTICLE

Font size: -+

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EEF) in KwaZulu-Natal has called on the Department of Correctional Services and the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services (JICS) to immediately suspend Glencoe prison warders implicated in the death of an inmate.

Sphamandla Njilo, an inmate at Glencoe prison, was allegedly beaten to death by nine prison warders in the presence of other inmates on Monday.

Advertisement

The EFF says under the Bill of Rights, prisoners’ constitutional rights allow for the right not to be tortured and not to be punished in a cruel, inhuman or degrading way.

The EFF says it is most aggrieved by the fact that this vicious act was done in the presence of other inmates watched helplessly as threats were being hurled at them.

Advertisement

“It is even more concerning to note that this incident was done by people who are supposed to be bringing hope and rehabilitation to inmates,” the red berets said.

The party expressed concern at the lack of a sense of urgency displayed by the JICS which it says has never instituted any successful investigations against violence against inmates.

“The time for remaining mum while violence is growing at an alarming rate in our prisons is over,” the EFF stated.

EMAIL THIS ARTICLE      SAVE THIS ARTICLE ARTICLE ENQUIRY

To subscribe email subscriptions@creamermedia.co.za or click here
To advertise email advertising@creamermedia.co.za or click here

Comment Guidelines

About

Polity.org.za is a product of Creamer Media.
www.creamermedia.co.za

Other Creamer Media Products include:
Engineering News
Mining Weekly
Research Channel Africa

Read more

Subscriptions

We offer a variety of subscriptions to our Magazine, Website, PDF Reports and our photo library.

Subscriptions are available via the Creamer Media Store.

View store

Advertise

Advertising on Polity.org.za is an effective way to build and consolidate a company's profile among clients and prospective clients. Email advertising@creamermedia.co.za

View options
Free daily email newsletter Register Now