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    Concern as parolees violate their conditions

    Jul 29, 2023 2 minutes
    Penology
    genevieve.serra@inl.co.za

    SOUTH Africa has the highest number of inmates in Africa and the 12th highest in the world, with 18 000 prisoners serving life imprisonment.

    Since 2019 just over 99 000 have been released on parole.

    Among the latest high profile parolees was Norman Afzal Simons, dubbed the Station Strangler, who spent his first week of parole in Parow after serving a 28-year sentence.

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