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Original Post Date: 2008-03-13 Time: 00:00:00 Posted By: Jan
An outspoken African National Congress parliamentarian has again called for an urgent review of prisoners’ privileges.
Correctional services committee chairperson Dennis Bloem told parliament on Wednesday that the government should show no mercy to convicted criminals.
Their privileges, such as being allowed to have TVs in their cells, should be taken away.
Bloem’s comments follow ANC president Jacob Zuma’s recent statements that the country’s laws “must bite”.
| ‘We are talking about cruel monsters’ |
South Africa is perceived to be too soft on criminals; some feel they have more rights than law-abiding citizens.
Introducing his committee’s report on the financial reports of the correctional services department, Bloem said prisoner privileges could never be rights.
“Prison must be a place where criminals feel that they have done something wrong to society.
“We are talking about cruel, merciless, heartless monsters – monsters who rape and kill innocent and defenceless children.”
Criminals showed no regard for human life as they killed police officers and law-abiding citizens, he said.
The murder of TV star and Soweto pub owner Shimmy Mofokeng in a botched hijacking recently was a case in point.
The assailants who shot Mofokeng, who was buried on Tuesday, are still at large.
“Not long ago they took the life of well-respected and peace-loving (reggae artist) Lucky Dube in the same brutal way as Shimmy,” Bloem said.
“When these monsters are sitting in prison, all of a sudden you will hear that they talk about human rights.
“They themselves did not respect the human rights of other people,” he said.
The portfolio committee also believed prisoners should serve out their whole sentences.
People who have been sentenced to life imprisonment must serve at least 25 years before being considered for parole.
In view of the serious nature of the offences some prisoners committed the should not be entitled to certain privileges.
“I think it is quite urgent that we must review these privileges that these monsters are enjoying in prison,” said Bloem.