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“People here are lovers not haters,” one prisoner told The Times. “All Mr Pistorius need do is associate himself with positive people.”
If imprisoned by Judge Thokozile Masipa, Pistorius is likely to live in a single cell in the prison’s hospital wing, acting national commissioner for correctional services Zach Modise testified in court yesterday.
Several prisoners serving time at Kgosi Mampuru II yesterday said that Pistorius’s fears about his wellbeing in prison were unwarranted.
One prisoner, serving 15 years for armed robbery and speaking on condition of anonymity, said: “It is his fame that will give him his protection … that and whatever money he has to buy . the necessaries. Bartering in prison is the game … cigarettes and money. If you have or can get them, then you are fine,” he said.
He said the advice of prisoners – who had been watching the trial on mobile satellite-TV devices – was that Pistorius should associate with the “right people”.
“Associate with the right people, the lovers: those who see a future for themselves outside prison. Your protection through your fame is a definite. Everyone knows you.
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Pistorius will have people who clean and wash for him, do things for him,” he said.
