-by Newsbreak's Taresh Harreeparshad.

The debate about corporal punishment in correctional service rages on as experts says the practice will never work. This comes after Correctional Services Minister Pieter Groenewald called for a debate on using supervised corporal punishment as a means to reduce overcrowding of remand detainees. Speaking to Newsbreak Talk Min. Groenewald says these detainees are kept in far more inhumane conditions. Criminologist Prof. Nirmala Gopal and NAPTOSA KZN chief executive Thirona Moodley joined the discussion