A Pollsmoor Prison inmate escaped over the weekend while he was part of a work team responsible for maintaining the prison facility's grounds. Authorities have since launched a manhunt for him. He was ...

The story of a Cape Town man 'breaking into Pollsmoor Prison to access free education' has been circulating in the media. The Department of Correctional Services has slammed the story of a man ...

A Pollsmoor inmate who escaped over the weekend while maintaining the prison's grounds has been rearrested. Yanga Wayithi was found on Wednesday morning. He was serving a six-month prison sentence for ...

Pollsmoor Prison, located in the Cape Town suburb of Tokai, opened in 1964. The land on which the prison lies was bought by Hendrick van der Poll in 1834, hence the name. The land, which was ...

RELATED | Pollsmoor Prison: 10 notable former inmates The Department of Correctional Services confirmed that 35-year-old Yanga Wayithi was rearrested in the early hours of Wednesday morning ...

Three days after his brazen escape, Pollsmoor prisoner Yanga Wayithi is back behind bars. The Department of Correctional Services confirmed that Wayithi was apprehended in the early hours of ...

Pollsmoor Prison, located in the Cape Town suburb of Tokai, opened in 1964. The land on which the prison lies was bought by Hendrick van der Poll in 1834, hence the name. The land, which was ...

A Western Cape High Court judge has threatened to subpoena officials from Pollsmoor Prison amid claims by bandiete that court orders are ignored. The shocking claims surfaced at the trial of alleged ...

The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has denied as false a report claiming that an individual successfully broke into Pollsmoor Correctional Facility over a two-year period. The report ...

Additionally, security protocols at Pollsmoor Correctional Centre are under review to prevent similar incidents in the future.” Meanwhile, the plan to tighten prison security has left much to be ...

A Pollsmoor Correctional Centre inmate who escaped from the facility in the Western Cape this week, has been rearrested. The Department of Correctional Services confirmed that 35-year-old Yanga ...