A REPORT by the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services (JICS) has detailed allegations of the “cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment” of a group of inmates – including the rape of a juvenile and the death of Jeetendra Jaikissoon – by officials of the Department of Correctional Services (DCS).
Known as the Phoenix awaiting-trial inmates, they were arrested and charged with murder during the July 2021 looting in KwaZulu-Natal.
As part of the investigation by the JICS, the Phoenix awaiting trial inmates alleged that when they were admitted at the Durban correctional facility on August 23, 2021, “officials on duty degraded them, spat on them and incited and instigated other inmates present that they were the people from Phoenix who killed rioters”.
