Calm has been restored at the Boksburg Correctional Centre after chaos erupted when inmates tried to prevent prison officials from conducting a search at the facility on Monday.
Department of Correctional Services spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo said inmates retaliated to a mandatory search operation at the Boksburg Correctional Centre as part of the festive season security operation.Calm has been restored at the Boksburg Correctional Centre in Ekurhuleni after chaos erupted when inmates tried to prevent prison officials from conducting a search at the facility on Monday.
Department of correctional services spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo said inmates retaliated to a mandatory search operation at the facility as part of the festive season security operation. “The prison has different sections and each one of them has an access gate. They blockaded the access gate and used their beds to block it. They also threw bricks at our officials...Now the situation is calm but we have to search until we are sure there is nothing left there,” Nxumalo said.
Videos of the inmates were shared on social media showing prisoners running around and one prison guard on top of the roof.
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