Outcry over prisoner labour
PRISONER rights activists and labour unions have vowed to shut down Pietermaritzburg should its leadership continue to set in motion the plan to have prisoners clean up the city.
The Msunduzi municipality was given the nod by the council’s executive to devise a workable plan with the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) which will see inmates sweep and clean the streets, cut grass in cemeteries and public parks, paint municipal buildings as well
