{"id":26903,"date":"2022-03-06T19:33:02","date_gmt":"2022-03-06T19:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?p=26903"},"modified":"2022-03-06T19:18:15","modified_gmt":"2022-03-06T19:18:15","slug":"correctional-services-dept-probing-deaths-of-2-inmates-in-northern-cape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/correctional-services-dept-probing-deaths-of-2-inmates-in-northern-cape","title":{"rendered":"Correctional services dept probing deaths of 2 inmates in Northern Cape"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Two inmates at Tswelopelo Correctional Centre in Kimberly died after attacking an official.<\/p>\n

According to the correctional services department, three inmates used padlocks to attack the official.<\/p>\n

“Other officials responded and, in attempting to defuse the situation, a scuffle with inmates ensued. Three inmates suffered injuries and were referred to an outside hospital at different intervals, and sadly, two of them passed away,” said department spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo.<\/p>\n

ALSO READ | DA calls for stricter security measures at schools after yet another pupil stabbed<\/b><\/p>\n

Nxumalo said the other inmate was receiving extended medical care in hospital.<\/p>\n

“The seriousness of the incident warrants a full scale investigation. The South African Police Service and the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services have also been informed,” Nxumalo said.<\/p>\n

Nxumalo added that additional officials have since been deployed to the centre.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Africa<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Africa. Two inmates at Tswelopelo Correctional Centre in Kimberly died after attacking an official. According to the correctional services department, three inmates used padlocks to attack the official. “Other officials responded and, in attempting to defuse the situation, a scuffle with inmates ensued. Three inmates suffered injuries and were referred to an outside […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":26902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,8],"tags":[274,315,314,514,513,275],"class_list":["post-26903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","category-homepage-english","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-south-africa","tag-crime","tag-prisons","tag-singabakho-nxumalo","tag-south-africa-2"],"yoast_head":"\nCorrectional services dept probing deaths of 2 inmates in Northern Cape - South Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Two inmates at Tswelopelo Correctional Centre in Kimberly died after attacking an official. According to the correction ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/correctional-services-dept-probing-deaths-of-2-inmates-in-northern-cape\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Correctional services dept probing deaths of 2 inmates in Northern Cape\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Two inmates at Tswelopelo Correctional Centre in Kimberly died after attacking an official. According to the correction ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/correctional-services-dept-probing-deaths-of-2-inmates-in-northern-cape\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-03-06T19:33:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2022\/03\/img-622508db7d0ea.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"681\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/correctional-services-dept-probing-deaths-of-2-inmates-in-northern-cape#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/correctional-services-dept-probing-deaths-of-2-inmates-in-northern-cape\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Correctional services dept probing deaths of 2 inmates in Northern Cape\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-06T19:33:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/correctional-services-dept-probing-deaths-of-2-inmates-in-northern-cape\"},\"wordCount\":157,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/correctional-services-dept-probing-deaths-of-2-inmates-in-northern-cape#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2022\/03\/img-622508db7d0ea.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-South-Africa\",\"crime\",\"prisons\",\"singabakho nxumalo\",\"South-Africa\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"economy\",\"homepage-english\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/correctional-services-dept-probing-deaths-of-2-inmates-in-northern-cape#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/correctional-services-dept-probing-deaths-of-2-inmates-in-northern-cape\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/correctional-services-dept-probing-deaths-of-2-inmates-in-northern-cape\",\"name\":\"Correctional services dept probing deaths of 2 inmates in Northern Cape - South Africa\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/correctional-services-dept-probing-deaths-of-2-inmates-in-northern-cape#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/correctional-services-dept-probing-deaths-of-2-inmates-in-northern-cape#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2022\/03\/img-622508db7d0ea.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-06T19:33:02+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Two inmates at Tswelopelo Correctional Centre in Kimberly died after attacking an official. According to the correction ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/correctional-services-dept-probing-deaths-of-2-inmates-in-northern-cape#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/correctional-services-dept-probing-deaths-of-2-inmates-in-northern-cape\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/correctional-services-dept-probing-deaths-of-2-inmates-in-northern-cape#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2022\/03\/img-622508db7d0ea.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2022\/03\/img-622508db7d0ea.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":681,\"caption\":\"Correctional services dept probing deaths of 2 inmates in Northern Cape\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/correctional-services-dept-probing-deaths-of-2-inmates-in-northern-cape#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Correctional services dept probing deaths of 2 inmates in Northern Cape\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/\",\"name\":\"South Africa\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Correctional services dept probing deaths of 2 inmates in Northern Cape - South Africa","description":"Two inmates at Tswelopelo Correctional Centre in Kimberly died after attacking an official. According to the correction ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/correctional-services-dept-probing-deaths-of-2-inmates-in-northern-cape","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Correctional services dept probing deaths of 2 inmates in Northern Cape","og_description":"Two inmates at Tswelopelo Correctional Centre in Kimberly died after attacking an official. According to the correction ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/correctional-services-dept-probing-deaths-of-2-inmates-in-northern-cape","og_site_name":"South Africa","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2022-03-06T19:33:02+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":681,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2022\/03\/img-622508db7d0ea.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/correctional-services-dept-probing-deaths-of-2-inmates-in-northern-cape#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/correctional-services-dept-probing-deaths-of-2-inmates-in-northern-cape"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Correctional services dept probing deaths of 2 inmates in Northern Cape","datePublished":"2022-03-06T19:33:02+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/correctional-services-dept-probing-deaths-of-2-inmates-in-northern-cape"},"wordCount":157,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/correctional-services-dept-probing-deaths-of-2-inmates-in-northern-cape#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2022\/03\/img-622508db7d0ea.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-South-Africa","crime","prisons","singabakho nxumalo","South-Africa"],"articleSection":["all news","economy","homepage-english"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/correctional-services-dept-probing-deaths-of-2-inmates-in-northern-cape#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/correctional-services-dept-probing-deaths-of-2-inmates-in-northern-cape","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/correctional-services-dept-probing-deaths-of-2-inmates-in-northern-cape","name":"Correctional services dept probing deaths of 2 inmates in Northern Cape - South Africa","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/correctional-services-dept-probing-deaths-of-2-inmates-in-northern-cape#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/correctional-services-dept-probing-deaths-of-2-inmates-in-northern-cape#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2022\/03\/img-622508db7d0ea.jpg","datePublished":"2022-03-06T19:33:02+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Two inmates at Tswelopelo Correctional Centre in Kimberly died after attacking an official. According to the correction ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/correctional-services-dept-probing-deaths-of-2-inmates-in-northern-cape#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/correctional-services-dept-probing-deaths-of-2-inmates-in-northern-cape"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/correctional-services-dept-probing-deaths-of-2-inmates-in-northern-cape#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2022\/03\/img-622508db7d0ea.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2022\/03\/img-622508db7d0ea.jpg","width":1024,"height":681,"caption":"Correctional services dept probing deaths of 2 inmates in Northern Cape"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/correctional-services-dept-probing-deaths-of-2-inmates-in-northern-cape#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Correctional services dept probing deaths of 2 inmates in Northern Cape"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/","name":"South Africa","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}