Pollsmoor most overcrowded prison in the Western Cape
(WorldNews Africa)

Cape Town - Pollsmoor prison has been pinpointed as the most overcrowded prison in the Western Cape. Medium B, which houses males, is more than 200% overcrowded. Delivering the annual report of the Judicial Inspectorate of Prisons, Justice Johann van der Westhuizen said the reason for overcrowding varied from high crime levels to reluctance by the judiciary to grant bail for serious crimes, to the effects of minimum sentencing. There are 29679 inmates in prisons, but only 20779 official bed spaces, reads the report. There are...