[ICYMI] Cele: Overcrowded prisons indicate arrests of GBV perpetrators
Police Minister Bheki Cele spoke to eNCA in a wide-ranging interview. Courtesy
JOHANNESBURG - Police Minister Bheki Cele says overcrowding in SA prisons is an indication of police arresting perpetrators of gender-based violence."There are 4,728 people that are doing life sentences in South Africa because of those cases, which means certain police investigated and did very well for the judge to give a life sentence.""Prisons are 37% overpopulated which means the police are doing their job to send people to jail," he said.
Police Minister Bheki Cele spoke to eNCA's Thulasizwe Simelane and Tumelo Mothotoane on several issues in the police force. Courtesy
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