Overcrowded Maximum Prison Worries PAC

Prisons commissioner, Silas Setlalekgosi PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Prisons commissioner, Silas Setlalekgosi PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

Members of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) recently raised concerns over the overcrowded maximum holding security prison.

Their concerns followed existing challenges that were raised by the Botswana Prison Service’s commissioner, Colonel Silas Setlalekgosi in terms of their holding capacities when appearing before PAC recently.

The commissioner revealed that the maximum prison in Gaborone has a holding capacity of 113 prisoners, but has over 200 inmates.

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