Special Report Transcript Episode 72, Section 5, Time 50:38

One of the reasons why we have a Truth and Reconciliation Commission is that we should learn from past mistakes and never repeat it. Much of the abuse of the past happened inside police cells and prisons. Recently, at a special hearing on police cells former political detainees spoke passionately for a penal system that would not ever again be based on inhumanity and degradation. At about the same time C Max was unveiled, the new super security unit at Pretoria’s maximum security prison. Is C Max a return to the days of John Vorster Square and Robben Island?

Notes: Max du Preez

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