Department of Correctional Services says the increase of cellphones in prisons is a grave concern and it will be removed.

Correctional Services says calm has been restored at the Boksburg prison after inmates and wardens clashed during a search operation.

Three officials were transferred to hospital after they were allegedly stabbed by prison inmates at the St Albans Correctional Facility.

The Department says the intended appeal of Jacob Zuma’s judgement to return to jail is based on its application legislation.

The Department says the intended appeal of Jacob Zuma’s judgement to return to jail is based on its application legislation.

Programme by the Central Karoo District Mayor Gayton McKenzie to work with inmates was given a thumbs up by Correctional Services department

A second inmate who was amongst the seven that escaped on Tuesday has been arrested. Another one was hit by a truck and was rearrested too.

‘We are going to assist John to sue the state and make sure that it doesn’t happen to anybody in future,’ said Sisulu.

Bennet Kwarrie one of the seven inmates who escaped from prison in Makhanda on Tuesday has been caught and detained.

The Department of Correctional Services has urged the public not to confront the dangerous inmates who escaped from a jail in Makhanda.

Former President Jacob Zuma’s 15-month sentence he was supposed to spend in jail expired on Friday, 7 October but he could still serve it.

An inmate in the Eastern Cape, who ‘flamboyantly’ shared pictures of himself while in prison, is in hot water after the photos went viral.

With the Trespassing Act having lost its relevance in our constitutional democracy, a new bill to repeal and replace it has been drafted.

The number of the prison population continues to increase while capacity for such perpetrators is insufficient.

Two Correctional Services officials were tracing an absconded parolee when they were killed in cold blood on Tuesday morning.

Anni Dewani’s family says Zola Tongo’s parole sends a message that you can commit crime in SA but you won’t spend time in jail for it.

Former president Jacob Zuma and the Correctional Services Department have not filed their arguments to the SCA and have until 15:00 to do so.

After reviewing COVID-19 risk-adjusted strategies, the DCS decided to make a decision on prison visits for those who qualify.

‘People know that he hasn’t served the minium required time,’ said correctional services spokesperson Singabakgo Nxumalo on Brickz.

Almost 1000 tablets of Drugs were THIS close to ending up in the Durban Correctional Centre. A DCS official is now behind bars.

Five prisoners at a correctional facility in Mthatha, attacked four other inmates and officials during an exercise session on Tuesday

A Limpopo prisoner attempted to die by suicide during a raid at Thohoyandou Correctional Facility on Friday morning.

The body of 50-year-old Eunice Moloko, a correctional services officer, was discovered at the Leeuwkop COVID-19 isolation site on 10 August

Former president Zuma underwent a surgical procedure on Saturday and there is no indication of a discharge date as more procedure are scheduled.

The details are sketchy at this point, but the suspect is already serving time for murdering a woman in Durban in 2014