Pollsmoor to seal gaps

THREE bandiete smokkelled their way out of Pollsmoor prison, shocking the Department of Correctional Services into action.

- BY KIM SWARTZ

Remand inmate John Mpelo was able to slip out of custody due to failures in verifying warrants.

His escape was followed by Inganathi "Thembalethu" Daba who used another bandiet's identity to walk free.

Meanwhile, Jordan Adams took advantage of the department's outdated record management to assume a false identity and was shown the door.

Following the rearrest of all three skelms, National Commissioner of Correctional Services Makghoti Thobakgale is tightening up security and administrative controls.

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