10 jail officials have been dismissed by the Department of Corrections after quite a lot of severe breaches of conduct have been investigated. The dismissals vary from smuggling to gross negligence and misconduct relating to five murders, and authorities fear that the egregious misconduct has shaken people’s confidence within the Department and the prison system.
The Director-General of the DoC detailed the record of workers dismissed yesterday, following a review conducted by a departmental basic subcommittee. Names were not released, but the actions that led to the 10 officers’ firings have been outlined.
One prison staffer was dismissed for gross misconduct regarding the murder of 5 members of the family, although details weren’t revealed in that case. The Department also fired 4 staff members accused of gross negligence when they had been in cost of screening those who have been coming into the prison and leaving the jail. Their carelessness led to a quantity of inmates who disguised themselves as jail workers and escaped.
Two more jail officials have been dismissed for smuggling tobacco into the facilities and in addition for conspiracy to gauge inmates with overpriced products they offered in the prisons. Two more have been fired who had additionally helped smuggle contraband into the jails and likewise for taking cash bribes from the relatives of prisoners in custody in exchange for favours. Final ly, one prison employee was fired for giving a prisoner entry to a cell phone illegally.
The Director-General of the DoC referred to as for jail wardens and other officers to not be corrupt or negligent and vowed to prosecute and punish anyone discovered breaking the regulation and engaging in misconduct.
“For the following fiscal yr, the DoC has stressed that its officers should act with honesty and strictly adhere to the regulations.”