Groenewald said criminals ‘do not fear the police anymore’ and have ‘about an 80% chance’ of getting away with crime
Groenewald said criminals "do not fear the police anymore" and have a high chance of getting away with crime.Newly sworn-in Minister of Correctional Centre Pieter Groenewald said among one of his first tasks will be to visit the notorious Mangaung Correctional Facility in Bloemfontein where convicted murderer and Facebook rapist Thabo Bester escaped from.
. “In terms of strengths within the department, I believe that we have hard-working and honest employees who want to deliver a service to the public. I see honest employees as forming one of the strengths of the department – something I want to utilise to make it even stronger.“Of course, the key weakness in the department is corruption. There is a wide range of corruption in correctional services, with the Thabo Bester incident being a good example of that.
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