Disease Outbreak in Cape Town Prison - South Africa
Nearly 5,000 Pollsmoor Prison inmates are being moved to other prisons in the Western Cape following an outbreak of a highly infectious disease that has killed two prisoners.
The inmates died two weeks ago from a disease carried by rodents. It's believed a rat infestation at the facility is to blame for the outbreak.
Earlier this month, Constitutional Court Judge Edwin Cameron released a damning report about what he called inhumane conditions at the prison.
The Department of Correctional Services' Simphiwe Xako said, “We are to contain the outbreak of leptospirosis and we are moving the offenders to various facilities around the province.” The evacuation is expected to take six to eight weeks.
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