Prison
warders at a women’s jail in Swaziland were investigated after
a newspaper alleged they were supplying alcohol to inmates.
It
happened at Sidwashini Correctional Services where one unnamed senior officer
was reportedly at the centre of the corruption. Senior officers from His
Majesty’s Correctional Services (HMCS) have been investigating.
The Sunday Observer newspaper in Swaziland (23
July 2017) reported, ‘a night of alleged bingeing was discovered one morning
due to a tell-tale stench of stale alcohol’. Junior officers at the jail spoke
to the press about it and claimed a senior ranking officer was supplying the alcohol.
Officers
and inmates at Sidwashini were questioned.
The Sunday Observer reported, ‘According to
sources at the correctional facility, officers could not determine how long
this had been going on.’
The
newspaper quoted a junior officer saying, ‘It makes me sick to my stomach
knowing how easy it is to break the law, and serves as reminder that I can
easily swop my green uniform for the prisoner’s grey.’
See also
‘WOMEN’S JAIL BOOZE COVER-UP’
PROBE
INTO ‘INHUMANE’ JAIL CONDITIONS
WARDERS DECRY MARRIED SEX IN PRISONS
http://swazimedia.blogspot.com/2017/04/warders-decry-married-sex-in-prisons.html
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