by Staff writer
Inmates at a South African prison theatre known equally Dominicus City were treated to "strippers" equally component of an official event.
Pictures circulating on social media exhibit 2 scantily-clad women inward thigh-high boots pressing themselves upward against orangish suited men at Johannesburg's Medium B prison.
On Monday, the Department of Correctional Services confirmed the veracity of the photos.
A amount investigation was nether way, James Smalberger told journalists.
"We tin never tolerate what nosotros stimulate got seen on the social media since Saturday," Mr Smalberger, the acting national correctional services commissioner, said.
Thirteen officers are beingness suspended in addition to volition facial expression upward the "full powerfulness of our code of conduct", he added.
The 21 June number had been arranged equally component of Youth Month celebrations - component of a programme which is meant to assist alongside the rehabilitation of prisoners.
But the women - in addition to their pick of wearable - took regime yesteryear surprise.
Gauteng correctional services spokesman Ofentse Morwane told local tidings site TimesLive: "When the dancers arrived‚ nosotros saw that they were wearing lingerie. They had roughly form of strip exhibit for the offenders."
Pictures of the women entertaining the inmates began circulating on social media over the weekend, leading many to speculate that life was improve behind bars than on the outside.
However, others were angry that the number had been allowed to larn ahead.
Mr Smalberger assured the press conference that no taxpayers' coin had been spent on the women, who were brought into the prison theatre yesteryear an external provider.
This was despite the regime having rejected their master amusement proposal, he said.
"It is non acceptable for woman somebody persons to look similar that inward front end of offenders," he said.
"The management of the number should stimulate got never allowed, in addition to directly halted, this type of explicit entertainment, equally pronounced yesteryear our policies.
"Therefore, at that topographic point was a clear breach of the safety innovation that was provided for the number equally good equally other relevant policies in addition to procedures."
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Inmates at a South African prison theatre known equally Dominicus City were treated to "strippers" equally component of an official event.
Pictures circulating on social media exhibit 2 scantily-clad women inward thigh-high boots pressing themselves upward against orangish suited men at Johannesburg's Medium B prison.
On Monday, the Department of Correctional Services confirmed the veracity of the photos.
A amount investigation was nether way, James Smalberger told journalists.
"We tin never tolerate what nosotros stimulate got seen on the social media since Saturday," Mr Smalberger, the acting national correctional services commissioner, said.
Thirteen officers are beingness suspended in addition to volition facial expression upward the "full powerfulness of our code of conduct", he added.
The 21 June number had been arranged equally component of Youth Month celebrations - component of a programme which is meant to assist alongside the rehabilitation of prisoners.
But the women - in addition to their pick of wearable - took regime yesteryear surprise.
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Gauteng correctional services spokesman Ofentse Morwane told local tidings site TimesLive: "When the dancers arrived‚ nosotros saw that they were wearing lingerie. They had roughly form of strip exhibit for the offenders."
Pictures of the women entertaining the inmates began circulating on social media over the weekend, leading many to speculate that life was improve behind bars than on the outside.
However, others were angry that the number had been allowed to larn ahead.
Mr Smalberger assured the press conference that no taxpayers' coin had been spent on the women, who were brought into the prison theatre yesteryear an external provider.
This was despite the regime having rejected their master amusement proposal, he said.
"It is non acceptable for woman somebody persons to look similar that inward front end of offenders," he said.
"The management of the number should stimulate got never allowed, in addition to directly halted, this type of explicit entertainment, equally pronounced yesteryear our policies.
"Therefore, at that topographic point was a clear breach of the safety innovation that was provided for the number equally good equally other relevant policies in addition to procedures."
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Credit: BBC News Sumber http://www.dnbstories.com/