Escaped Boksburg prisoner re-arrested in Johannesburg South

An inmate who escaped from the Boksburg Correctional Centre yesterday was re-arrested in the Moffat View area in the south of Johannesburg later in the afternoon.

According to CPS Security director Tyrone van der Merwe, the CPS tactical team co-ordinated with Johannesburg Correctional Services EST after receiving information about the fugitive’s whereabouts.

“While searching various addresses, we received reliable information that the suspect was spotted in the Moffat View area. Our team responded along with EST, the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) and SAPS. The suspect was tracked down and successfully apprehended,” he says.

Van der Merwe says the prisoner was transported to C-Max Prison, where he will serve the remainder of his sentence along with additional time for the escape.

“We would like to thank Alberton SAPS, CPS Security, EMPD CLU, and Johannesburg Correctional Services EST for ensuring an escaped prisoner is back where he belongs,” says Van der Merwe.

Department of Correctional Services spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo says Martin Jackson, first admitted on April 10, 2015, is serving a 20-year sentence for robbery, theft and possession of a firearm and ammunition.