PRETORIA - More than 22-thousand foreign nationals are adding to the burden of overcrowding in South Africa's prisons.
While the Constitution protects the rights of all citizens, including non-nationals, it comes a great cost.
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It's estimated that holding foreign inmates, costs the public purse about just over 4-billion rand per annum.
Richard Mamabolo from the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union spoke to eNCA.