COVID-positive Boossa Prison inmate escapes custody

COVID-positive Boossa Prison inmate escapes custody

May 25, 2021   11:06 pm

An inmate of the Boossa prison, who was tested positive for COVID-19, has escaped from custody today (May 25).

According to the Prisons Spokesman, the inmate in question had fled while being transferred in a bus to an intermediate treatment centre.

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