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South Africa: MPs find massive overcrowding during Pollsmoor prison visit
Female and remand people in prison are enduring massive overcrowding at Cape Town's Pollsmoor correctional facility, parliamentarians discovered during an oversight visit.
Source: Times Live (23/04/2025)