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Fewer inmates are escaping from SA's prisons, but overcrowding is still an issue

Many more inmates but far fewer escapes, says prisons commissioner

The department of correctional services says there have been fewer escapes from South African prisons in the year between April 2022 and March 2023 than there were in previous year, the period April 2020 to March 2021

Correctional Services Department re-arrested 90% of prison escapees in 2022/23

There are currently around 127,000 inmates in the country’s prisons, more than 100,000 of them being sentenced offenders.

Many more inmates but far fewer escapes, says prisons commissioner

The department of correctional services says there have been fewer escapes from South African prisons in the year between April 2022 and March 2023 than there were in previous year, the period April 2020 to March 2021