Inmates at a South African prison known as Sun City were treated to “strippers” as part of an official event.<\/p>\n
Pictures circulating on social media show two scantily-clad women in thigh-high boots pressing themselves up against orange suited men at Johannesburg’s Medium B prison.<\/p>\n
On Monday, the Department of Correctional Services confirmed the veracity of the photos.<\/p>\n
A full investigation was under way, James Smalberger told journalists.<\/p>\n
“We can never tolerate what we have seen on the social media since Saturday,” Mr Smalberger, the acting national correctional services commissioner, said.<\/p>\n
Thirteen officers are being suspended and will face the “full might of our code of conduct”, he added.<\/p>\n
The 21 June event had been arranged as part of Youth Month celebrations – part of a programme which is meant to help with the rehabilitation of prisoners.<\/p>\n
But the women – and their choice of clothing – took authorities by surprise.<\/p>\n
Gauteng correctional services spokesman Ofentse Morwane told local news site TimesLive: “When the dancers arrived\u201a we saw that they were wearing lingerie. They had some sort of strip show for the offenders.”<\/p>\n
Pictures of the women entertaining the inmates began circulating on social media over the weekend, leading many to speculate that life was better behind bars than on the outside.<\/p>\n
However, others were angry that the event had been allowed to go ahead.<\/p>\n
Mr Smalberger assured the press conference that no taxpayers’ money had been spent on the women, who were brought into the prison by an external provider.<\/p>\n
This was despite the authorities having rejected their original entertainment proposal, he said.<\/p>\n
“It is not acceptable for female persons to appear like that in front of offenders,” he said.<\/p>\n
“The management of the event should have never allowed, and immediately halted, this type of explicit entertainment, as pronounced by our policies.<\/p>\n
“Therefore, there was a clear breach of the security plan that was provided for the event as well as other relevant policies and procedures.”<\/p>\n
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