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Civil rights organisation AfriForum has requested the National Commissioner of Correctional Services, Zach Modise, for an urgent internal investigation at the Barkley-East Prison in the Eastern Cape.
This, after four prisoners, including two murder suspects arrested for the murder of farmer Sarel Pretorius in January 2014, escaped on Saturday.
Head of Community Safety at AfriForum, Ian Cameron says their absence was only noticed at a check count of all the prisoners.
“You can’t help but wonder who was involved on the inside. How can prisoners saw through prison bars without anyone noticing, and where did they get the saw from?” asked Cameron.
According to him, it is of the utmost importance that Police prioritise farm murders, and it’s just as important for Correctional Services to ensure that farm murder suspects remain behind bars.
Cameron said the Barkley-East Police re-arrested the suspects just outside the town on Saturday.
He said an internal investigation should however be launched by Correctional Services to ensure that the work by the Police was not in vain.
