SOUTH AFRICAN PRISON OFFICER COMMITS SUICIDE AFTER HER RELATIONSHIP WITH INMATE IS EXPOSED

Pictures have emerged on social media where a Losperfontein Correctional Centre employee is seen to be intimate with a prison inmate. The incident has caused the employee to take her own life on Monday morning and a suicide case had been opened.

Correctional Services spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo said it is unclear how the pictures were shared and who shared them. He further stated that in the case of the inmate involved, an investigation is underway to indicate the violations and to recommend sanctions.