Forty-four inmates at Pollsmoor prison in Cape Town have been placed in isolation to curb the spread of diphtheria after seven cases were confirmed. The correctional services department said it had ...

THE suspended Standard Bank marketing manager has cited the overcrowding in Pollsmoor as among the reasons he should be released on bail as these conditions posed a risk to his health. Raed Cupido, 40 ...

Female prisoners and remand inmates are enduring massive overcrowding at Cape Town's Pollsmoor correctional facility, parliamentarians discovered during an oversight visit on Tuesday. Portfolio ...

A Pollsmoor Prison inmate escaped over the weekend while he was part of a work team responsible for maintaining the prison facility's grounds. Authorities have since launched a manhunt for him. He was ...

Correctional Services says an investigation is under way to ascertain the facts following reports of the possible disappearance of two dangerous inmates at Pollsmoor Correctional Centre. The DA has ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: This article has been amended to reflect the correct response from Correctional Services Minister Pieter Groenewald. CAPE TOWN - Security and record-keeping of inmates at the Pollsmoor ...

A surprise raid at Pollsmoor Prison in Cape Town has exposed alarming levels of contraband, including cellphones, drugs, and evidence of gang communication, raising fresh concerns about corruption and ...

A Pollsmoor inmate who escaped over the weekend while maintaining the prison's grounds has been rearrested. Yanga Wayithi was found on Wednesday morning. He was serving a six-month prison sentence for ...

Image for illustration purposes only. Photo: Nigel Sibanda/The Citizen The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has dismissed as false a report claiming an individual repeatedly broke into ...

National Correctional Services Commissioner Samuel Thobakgale says tough action will be taken against officials found to be in the wrong in the erroneous release of inmates from Pollsmoor. Several ...