Correctional services faces scores of civil claims amid personnel drain
Department has to fight 999 claims amounting to R284m for a variety of omissions
23 February 2020 - 16:41
A parliamentary briefing by department of correctional services officials did little to reassure MPs that the department has made progress with its management.
It emerged that the department still faces 999 civil claims amounting to R284m for a variety of alleged omissions such as failing to prevent assault and rape among inmates, as well as breach of contract and unlawful detention. The civil claims were those outstanding at end-December 2019...
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