South African authorities have announced they will take over the management of a maximum security prison run by G4S after the private security contractor "lost effective control of the facility". The South African department of correctional services...said...that it was taking over Mangaung correctional centre outside Bloemfontein because of a "worrying deterioration of safety and security at the centre". The prison, which houses 3,000 high-risk inmates, has been rocked by a string of violent riots and stabbings and strikes by prison officers...G4S Africa, claimed the violence was being fuelled from outside and that there were links between the unrest and the recently dismissed warders. "The Mangaung correctional centre has an impeccable track record in maintaining the safety of both inmates and employees," he told reporters earlier this month.