Pretoria Central Prison raid

17/01/2011: An inmate at Pretoria Central Prison stands next to his bed as watches two specialised correctional officers search hls belongings. Picture: Sizwe Ndingane

17/01/2011: An inmate at Pretoria Central Prison stands next to his bed as watches two specialised correctional officers search hls belongings. Picture: Sizwe Ndingane

17/01/2011: Inmates at Pretoria Central Prison stand at their beds as watch a specialised correctional officer search their belongings and lockers in their cells. Picture: Sizwe Ndingane

17/01/2011: Inmates at Pretoria Central Prison crouch outside their cell as they wait for warders and specialised correctional officers to search them and their cells. Picture: Sizwe Ndingane

17/01/2011 Warders search prisoners from Pretoria Central Prison during a raid carried out as part of the countrywide operation Vula which is aimed at clamping down on deaths, injuries and escapes from South Africa's prisons Picture: Sizwe Ndingane

17/01/2011: A warder searches a cell at Pretoria Central Prison for contraband during a raid on the sentenced prisoners cells Picture: Sizwe Ndingane

17/01/2011 Some of the dagga which was recovered during a raid on Pretoria Central prison by correctional services specialised warders Picture: Sizwe Ndingane

17/01/2011: A warder stands guard over inmates at Pretoria Central Prison who crouch outside their cell as they wait for specialised correctional officers to search them and their cells. Picture: Sizwe Ndingane

17/01/2011 Warders search prisoners from Pretoria Central Prison during a raid carried out as part of the countrywide operation Vula which is aimed at clamping down on deaths, injuries and escapes from South Africa's prisons Picture: Sizwe Ndingane

17/01/2011: An inmate at Pretoria Central Prison stands next to his bed as watches two specialised correctional officers search hls belongings. Picture: Sizwe Ndingane

17/01/2011 Warders with one of the many potentially dangerous weapons seized during a raid on Pretoria Central prison for contraband Picture: Sizwe Ndingane

17/01/2011: Inmates at Pretoria Central Prison crouch outside their cell as they wait for warders and specialised correctional officers to search them and their cells. Picture: Sizwe Ndingane

17/01/2011 Warders search prisoners from Pretoria Central Prison during a raid carried out as part of the countrywide operation Vula which is aimed at clamping down on deaths, injuries and escapes from South Africa's prisons Picture: Sizwe Ndingane