By, April 24 -- Thoboloko Ntsonyane
MASERU - Following incidents of torture and escape at the Maseru Correctional Facility, the government organizes a Commission that will probe into these issues and report findings.
This move comes after the Ombudsman initiates an investigation.
Following the reports of inmates torture at the Maseru Central Correctional Institution on December 22, 2023, the Ombudsman launched an "own initiative" investigations into what happened that led to excessive use by Correction Officers.
In her report, the Ombudsman Advocate Tlotliso Polaki says:
"The assaults committed by LCS Correctional officers on inmates are serious crimes which are not necessarily only against the inmates themselves, but against the justi...