18,000 foreign nationals serving time in SA prisons

Correctional Services are working to streamline the legalities allowing for easier deportation of foreign national offenders

The Department of Correctional Services revealed this ratio when responding to a parliamentary question about any potential increase in the rate of foreign national arrests.

In their written response to the parliamentary question, the DCS revealed that, as of October 2024, the number of foreign nationals in the correctional services system was approximately 18,000.The DHA then confirms the information, and should the foreign national be in the country illegally or meet the definition of undesirability, the deportation process begins.

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