Over 8 000 cellphones confiscated in SA prison raids

Over 8 000 cellphones confiscated in SA prison raids

National commissioner of the Department of Correctional Services, Makgothi Thobakgale. Over 8 000 cellphones were confiscated from South African prisons during the festive season. This was revealed by national commissioner of the Department of Correctional Services (DCS), Makgothi Thobakgale, yesterday when he announced the outcomes of Operation Vala 2025/26 and findings of investigations into security…

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MS-13 gang member sentenced to 1,335 years in prison, others given hundreds of years in El Salvador

MS-13 gang member sentenced to 1,335 years in prison, others given hundreds of years in El Salvador

More than 240 members of the notorious Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, gang, were sentenced to hundreds of years in prison in El Salvador. In a post on social media, the Central American country’s attorney general’s office said that 248 members of the gang had received “exemplary sentences” for 42 homicides and 42 disappearances, among other…

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