EFF says prison overcrowding is a crisis [SOUND]

# The EFF has rejected the Department of Correctional Services budget, which stands at some 30.939-billion-rand, rising to 32.8-billion-rand in 2028/2029. The department is facing 683.4-million-rand budget reductions over the current Medium-Term Expenditure Framework. The EFF’s Nontando Nolutshungu says this budget entrenches overcrowding, institutional decay, and human suffering. As of 5 May this year, the inmate population was recorded at just more than 169-thousand, with an overcrowding rate of 58-percent. Nolutshungu says overcrowding is a crisis in the country’s prisons: