The South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has ordered the Department of Justice and Correctional Services to move an LGBTI prisoner to a single cell or to a cell with inmates of the same sexual orientation. Tumelo Mapodile, an LGBTI inmate doing time at Johannesburg Medium B Correctional Centre, known popularly as Sun City, brought an application against Justice and Correctional Services Minister Michael Masutha and three others after he was harassed by other prisoners. National Prisons Specialist at Sonke Gender Justice, Ariane Nevin, explains.
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