Parolees caught op straat

AN UNANNOUNCED monitoring operation by the Department of Correctional Services found two parolees in breach of their release conditions.

- MANDILAKHE TSHWETE

Tuesday night's mission in Mitchells Plain was led by the National Commissioner of the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) Makgothi Thobakgale, focusing on individuals sentenced for gender-based violence (GBV) and femicide-related crimes.

Thobakgale said the checks were designed to ensure parolees complied with the strict conditions of their release and to reassure the public that offenders were being closely monitored.

While visiting addresses, Thobakgale explained to reporters that they were dropping in on more than 40 parolees, with four teams on the ground.