From: New Era
Inmate condemns smuggling of contraband
Alvine Kapitako
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“Why should families bring dagga and tobacco to inmates so that they can get more sentences? These things are destroying lives here and people end up fighting inside the prison,” said Shimweefeleni. The smuggling of contraband has also contributed to the formation of gangs, explained Shimweefeleni.
“When one person is selling they want to control everything and everybody – that is how gangs are formed,” he added. At the Windhoek Correctional facility, 100 grams of tobacco is sold for N$4,000 and a fingertip worth of cannabis is N$30, said the 47-year-old Shimweefeleni.
