Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola visiting Malmesbury prison. PHOTO: Justice and Correctional Services Departmen All 68 Malmesbury prison escapees have been rearrested, the Department of Justice said.Three were still at large on Saturday after 65 of the 68 were rearrested speedily by the authorities.Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola promised punishment for…
19 000 detainees will be released soon to create more space for distancing in prisons, which have 364 Covid-19 cases across the country, according to the Department of Correctional Services website.Two inmates and two officials have died. The following prisoners will not be released:- Inmates serving life imprisonment for crimes related to gender-based violence and sexual…
(Oona Zenda/KFF Health News) As Grace Griffin and her husband were welcoming their long-awaited baby — a daughter — Griffin found herself worried about looming medical bills and unsure if their family could pay for the care they needed. “This whole experience has me wondering (keeping me up at night, actually): Can we ever afford
LYON, France — Halving the dose of antenatal betamethasone given to prevent severe respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in infants does not appear to affect later intelligence quotient (IQ) scores or other measures of neurodevelopment, suggests a follow-up study of a randomized trial. However, it is unclear from the present data, presented at the Congress of
After years of searching for affordable health insurance, Trey Wright discovered Georgia Pathways to Coverage. The state’s limited Medicaid expansion program allowed the 27-year-old living in the rural city of Jesup in southeastern Georgia to finally visit a primary care doctor regularly. It also covered weekly shots to manage an array of allergies, saving him