Three Inmates Die From Covid-19

The Minister of Defence, Justice and Security, Kagiso Mmusi revealed this recently in Parliament when presenting his ministry’s 2021-2022 recurrent and development budget proposals. He said as of March 15, 2021, the Prison Service had recorded a total of 1,568 COVID-19 cases with a pleasing 1,430 inmates having had recovered.

“135 cases remain active and regrettably three deaths were recorded. Regarding prison officers, a total of 162 COVID-19 cases were recorded out of which 138 have recovered while 22 remain active with two deaths recorded,” he said. Mmusi stated that the Prison Service like the rest of the nation has been hit by the afflictive effects of COVID-19. However, the minister revealed that they have adopted and implemented risk assessment and mitigation measures aimed at helping to prevent the spread of the pandemic in prisons.