The Mangaung Prison (Afrikaans: Mangaung-gevangenis) is a maximum security prison in Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa. The prison is privately owned and managed by the company G4S as part of a consortium.[1] The South African Department of Correctional Services signed a 25-year contract with the consortium in 2000. The prison can accommodate around 3,000 prisoners.[2]
In October 2013, the department temporarily took over the prison, after G4S "lost effective control of the facility".[3] In October, a female custodian with 13 years of experience was taken hostage by prisoners. She was later saved unharmed by a special police task force.[4]
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- ^ "Mangaung Prison – G4S Global". Archived from the original on 10 December 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ^ "South Africa takes over G4S prison after concerns". The Guardian. 9 October 2013. Archived from the original on 14 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ "Mangaung-tronk weer onder G4S se beheer". August 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
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