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Mpumalanga prisons face staffing squeeze and overcrowding worries

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Mpumalanga prisons face staffing squeeze and overcrowding worries
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The Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services has raised concerns about staffing shortages and overcrowding at Barberton Maximum Correctional Centre and Barberton Town Youth Centre after an oversight visit to Mpumalanga on Wednesday.



Staffing gaps



Committee chairperson Kgomotso Ramolobeng said the department of correctional services must urgently fill funded posts, pointing to 20 vacancies at the youth centre and 46 vacancies at the maximum facility.



“We are concerned because 4

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