Skip to content

PSA raises alarm over escalating gang violence at Pollsmoor Prison

# The Public Servants Association expressed concern after two Department of Correctional Services officials were stabbed by offenders during a gang-related altercation at Pollsmoor Correctional Centre in Cape Town earlier this week. Two offenders died, and three were injured. The PSA’s Koos Kruger calls for urgent security reviews, staff support, and measures to curb gang violence, highlighting the dangerous conditions correctional officials face daily.