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The portfolio committee also wants the government to use new technology that will bar all cellphone signals within the prisons premises.

The proposal was revealed by Correctional Services Gauteng commissioner Zacharia Modise, who said officers usually found about 60 to 70 unauthorised cellphones in the premises during searches, particularly at Modderbee, Boksburg, Pretoria and Johannesburg.

Modise said the new security would also improve safety.

"We have started with a detection system. We also have information that crime is sometimes planned from inside prisons using cellphones, then accomplices go and do the crimes on the outside," Modise said.

Chairman of the portfolio committee Vincent Smith said: "Those who are concerned about the right to privacy being violated can debate this issue. But the right to privacy cannot supersede the rights of those being sexually violated in prisons."

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Jun 11, 2012

simplykayLECOWSA

also in the toilet thats not freedom
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Jun 11, 2012

rasefatee

another tender with our tax mooer
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Jun 11, 2012

JB$

Our Tax money going to waste
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Jun 11, 2012

BlackLion

Instead of striving to raise good citizens in order to avoid these unnecessary expenditures, we throw in the towel and build more flashy prisons to accommodate those that cannot live within human boundries?

Wait until the footage hit the market and you’ll see MPs coming up with more excuses; raise good citizens and stop building prisons

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Jun 11, 2012

Papage

Are you saying SA criminals are so good that they plan crime in prisons and be able to discharge that using their friends? how so, I dont believe this story, just stop wasting our Tax monies, do your work, patrol every five minutes, that is what you are employed to do, by installing cameras you are making prison warders very lazy, hence they have time to make love to each other, at work, during working hours, so please this is just been lazy.
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Jun 11, 2012

maftowncity

There we go again,zaka yaka weer...tjeerrr,i wonder how much that is gonna cost the goverment of crooks...nxa...

@BlackLion
You are spot on my bro, am waiting to hear those excuses...mxm...still there are better crooks outside and trust me they will go around that system, and i bet they have plan already to by pass it...
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Jun 11, 2012

7th

You do have a right if your are in prison.
Some prisoner goes to prison to go and relax , it like a holiday.
Our prison system must become like Korea , China no blankets , food once day that people will stop with crime.Some even has the opportunity to go to school.
They must work for they food and stop lying around and we tax payers must pay.Tax money is already going to wast because we feed them .
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Jun 11, 2012

RobinH

Then all that the warders will have to do is make time away from their philandering with inmates to watch the screens. Ja, right.
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Jun 11, 2012

Hoshpelepelewa26Zikuphi

Iyooo ba.nana hake sahlotse ke e j-a ma0t0 XVII XXXI seve-n t-welf s-qube p-hezu k-we dra-ta ho-sh zikuphi sebetsi.
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Jun 11, 2012

Hoshpelepelewa26Zikuphi

C moya
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