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South Africa: prison torture chamber exposed on camera

Torture and assault of prison inmates has been exposed in CCTV footage.

The prison’s oversight body, the Judicial Inspectorate of Correctional Services, released it at a seminar in the Western Cape.

Newly-appointed Inspecting Judge Johan van der Westhuizen had harsh words for the poor investigation by officials into violent incidences in prisons.

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