Youth facilities are `dens of iniquity`
(WorldNews Africa)

Cape Town - Racial conflict, bloody gang fights, inappropriate relations and mothers smuggling drugs inside in nappies. This is the situation at Western Cape government´s youth care facilities where drug addicts and awaiting trial juveniles are housed. Officials from the provincial Department of Social Development painted a grim picture to members of the standing committee on social development about the violence and at times difficult circumstances staff work under. There are seven detention centres across the province housing about 680...