Wednesday night is the last time self-confessed murderer Donovan Moodley will be able to enjoy the comforts of homemade food.
The 25-year-old, who admitted to murdering Leigh Matthews, will be sentenced by Judge Joop Labuschagne on Thursday morning.
From then on he will no longer have the privileges of an awaiting-trial prisoner.
Once sentenced, he will be taken into custody and transported by correctional services officials to the nearest prison – most likely Joburg Prison, where he has been awaiting trial.
Moodley will then be assessed by a case management committee, which will decide where he should be kept.
Wherever he is held, the move from an awaiting-trial section to maximum security in any prison will be a significant change.
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Should Moodley be dissatisfied with the canteen food, he can buy food from an internal tuckshop.
But he will not be allowed to receive food or anything else from his visitors.
Golden Miles Bhudu, spokesperson for the South African Prisoners Organisation for Human Rights, explained on Tuesday that an awaiting-trial prisoner was allocated one day a week by the prison to receive visitors. There is no restriction on the number of visitors.
This will change once Moodley is moved to maximum security and he is likely to be allowed only one visit a week, from no more than two visitors.
Forced to wear orange overalls with a prison stamp, he will be allowed to keep only two photographs.
Phone calls will cease as well. If he wishes to contact someone, he will have to do so on Saturday or Sunday and for 10 minutes only.
As with an awaiting-trial prisoner, the lights in his maximum-security cell will go off at 8pm.
If Moodley is obliged to share his cell with others, he will face the danger of being raped.
- This article was originally published on page 1 of The Star on August 03, 2005
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