(1)Whether, given that a Department of Correctional Services official at St Albans Correctional Centre in the Eastern Cape was caught last week trying to smuggle contraband (narcotics, cell phones and cellular accessories) into the specified facility, the Department of Correctional Services has any mechanisms in place to counteract the common practice whereby prison staff throughout the Republic smuggle packages for inmates in exchange for money; if not, why not; if so, what are the full, relevant details of such mechanisms;
(2) What has the Department of Corrections found to be at the core of the specified trend?
(3) What total number of cases of this nature involving the practice have been recorded in the past 12 months in each province?