Water supply has been restored to Leeuwkop correctional facility after the prison settled its massive water bill, the City of Johannesburg confirmed on Monday. The prison was among 10 big businesses ...

The Democratic Alliance’s Ward 93 councillor, Annette Deppe, recently called an emergency meeting with Patrick Mathye, regional manager of Johannesburg Water, to address the water cuts and related ...

At about 9pm last night, several Blesbok and Fallow deer were culled on Leeuwkop Correctional Services‘ grounds. This has sparked outrage among community members who raised concern about whether the ...

Johannesburg - Two murder convicted prisoners who escaped from Sandton’s Leeuwkop prison have been re-arrested after they went on a rampage, robbing a house in Fourways, kidnapping a four-month-old ...

Water services were disconnected at Leeuwkop Prison on Friday as the correctional facility owed the City of Johannesburg R9.8 million. A business owner was also arrested for illegally reconnecting his ...

The Johannesburg high court has ruled that the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services is 100% liable to pay damages to inmates at Leeuwkop Correctional Centre who, he found, had been tortured ...

Prison authorities deny claims that an inmate became wheelchair bound following his circumcision surgery at the facility. It's alleged the inmate fell very ill after the circumcision. According to ...

JOHANNESBURG: The two prisoners, who escaped from Sandton’s Leeuwkop prison, before robbing a house in Fourways, kidnapping a four-month-old baby and hijacking a double cab van, escaped by opening a ...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — One of South Africa’s most popular artists — a “people’s poet” who performed at former President Nelson Mandela’s inauguration — was released from prison Friday after ...

A man who is serving time for a previous murder has appeared in court for allegedly killing a female official at Leeuwkop Correctional Centre in Johannesburg. Nigel Marais, 30, appeared at the ...

The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has launched an investigation after a fire broke out in a prison cell at Leeuwkop Correctional Centre in Johannesburg on Tuesday. According to the ...

Correctional services say claims by prisoners at Leeuwkop maximum security prison are ‘nowhere near reality’. Prisoners at Leeuwkop Maximum Prison say this is a typical meal. (Photo: Supplied by ...