The Chairperson for the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services has asked for a detailed report from Management at the Leeuwkop prison where a warder was found dead this week.
Committee Chairperson Bulelani Magwanishe expressed his shock and sadness following the death of the 50-year-old warder who was reportedly raped and strangled to death.
The official was working at a Medium A Covid isolation site at the time of her death.
The warder, who worked for the Department for 32-years was found dead on the floor in the prison on Tuesday.
According to an initial report her jacket was covered in blood and a blood-stained towel was found in the vicinity.
Magwanishe says this indicates that the perpetrator had ample time to clean up evidence of his vile crime.
The Committee expressed their deepest condolences to the official's family.
Her name was not released by the Department.
