G4S booted from control of Mangaung prison after Thabo Bester escape
The DCS investigation found that a private vehicle entered the facility on the day of the escape without a gate pass. It is believed that the vehicle was carrying the dead body that was later found burnt beyond recognition in Bester’s cell. Surveillance cameras were also tampered with.
“We have set up a track and tracing team that is working very hard to look for Thabo Bester and we continue to appeal to those who have information or leads to come forward,” Thobakgale said. “We remain confident that we shall arrest the fugitive and bring him to justice.” MCC under administration after the prison encountered weeks of unrest during which a guard was taken hostage by prisoners who were protesting abusive treatment by officials.
Private equity firm Warburg Pincus and La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec bought Allied Universal in 2019. CDPQ manages the pension funds of the public employees in Québec, Canada. According to a source who worked at the prison at the time of Bester’s escape, the cell where Bester was kept was on the second floor of the prison. Next to this cell, there is a door that leads down to the exit. “It seems that he would have been able to escape through those doors,” the source told us. These doors can only be opened by the control room, the source explained.
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