YOUNG GIRLS IN CELL WITH THUGS!
By Lehlohonolo
Mbatha Wednesday, July 26, 2017 13:00
The three kids who
were put in the cage-like cell at Roodepoort Police Station. ~
PRISON is the last
place any parent wants to see their children, especially if they are seven and
11 years old!
But this was the
reality for two parents, whose three kids were locked up at a police station.
The couple from
Roodepoort, Gauteng, were arrested early yesterday afternoon and taken to
Roodepoort Police Station.
They were locked up
in the holding cells but their daughters, one aged seven and the other two both
aged 11, were locked in a cage-like cell for about two hours.
Allegedly, there were
criminals with them in the cell and the girls were traumatised.
The correct procedure
is to call for adults to act as alternative adults and take care of the
children, but this did not happen.
The mum said: “At no
stage did the police offer to call the family or friends to fetch them.
Although there are child-friendly rooms with cheerful pictures and colourful
walls, officers failed to take them there.”
She is thinking of
taking legal action.
Ipid spokesman
Nkosana Dladla told Daily Sun Roodepoort police are aware of the matter.
Proper investigations will be held and the people responsible will be dealt
with.
The Human Rights
Commission’s Gail Smith said they will interview the mum as well as relevant
parties at the cop station.
