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PLEASE SIGN: King William’s Town Community Corrections head Landezwa Ngwabane, second from left, and a team of DCS officials visiting parolees and probationersPicture: DESMOND COETZEE

Officials keep an eye on parolees

Parolees and probationers living in Zwelitsha and Phakamisa townships received visits from King William’s Town department of correctional services officials during a special monitoring operation last week. They were visited at their homes…

INSPIRATIONAL FORCE: DCS Amathole Mmanagement Aarea Commissioner Nolitha Mangxila retires bids farewell at the end of September this month after serving the department with loyaltyPicture: SIVUYISIWE MATANGA

Commissioner bids DCS farewell

Amathole Mmanagement Aarea commissioner Nolitha Mangxila bids farewell to the department of correctional services (DCS) at the end of September after serving for 38 years. Mangxila made the announcement during a Women’s Month event held…

SPIRIT OF UBUNTU: Dsrac officials hand over school uniforms to needy pupils at Ndisa Primary School

DCS kits out pupils

Five needy pupils were handed full school uniforms by officials of the department of correctional services (DCS) during a surprise visit at Mdisa Primary School, in at Mmgqesha near King William’s Town, last Wednesday. Avuyile Nelani, 8,…

Angelo Agrizzi testified that Bosasa footed the bill for lavish houses built for former prisons boss Linda Mti and correctional services chief officer Patrick Gillingham. Agrizze said Bosasa ‘underhandedly’ landed a R486mn contract for fencing at about 66 prisons in 2005, while Mti was commissioner.Image: Alon Skuy

State capture: Bosasa furnished prison boss Linda Mti’s house

Former Bosasa executive Angelo Agrizzi has detailed how the company bribed senior officials from the department of correctional services (DCS) to secure lucrative contracts at prisons across the country. Testifying at the state capture…

High praise for ‘inspirational’ DCS retiree

THE department of correctional services (DCS) community corrections organised a farewell function in honour of one of its outgoing officers at the King Club last week. Surgeon Tom has retired after loyally serving the DCS for 34 years and…

Mental illness on the agenda

The Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services (JCIS) held a mental illness seminar at West Bank Correctional Facility on Friday. The province has been identified as having the largest number of incarcerated mentally ill patients in…