Correctional Service Facilities In South Africa

Correctional services means the services maintained by the State Government for proper management, administration, functioning of prisons and reformation of prisoners to become good citizens ;

Correctional Service Facilities In South Africa

There are 10 correctional centres in South Africa, according to Department of Correctional Services’ (DCS) 2013/14 annual report.

In the late 1990s the South African government ‘demilitarised’ the prison system. Prisons were now called correctional centres and rehabilitation services were introduced, to assist with the reintegration of offenders into communities as law-abiding citizens.

Speaking before his budget vote speech this week, Justice and Correctional Services Minister, Michael Masutha, said the total prison population is currently at 159,241. Of these, more than 40,000 are remand or awaiting trial detainees. This means that their trials have not concluded, and that they have yet to be found guilty of the crime with which they have been charged. In its annual report for 2013/2014, the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services (JICS) gave the number of remand detainees as 44,236.

The Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services (JICS) is an independent body tasked with monitoring correctional centres. It investigates and scrutinises the conditions and treatment of inmates.

JICS is headed by the newly-appointed Inspecting Judge, Justice Lewis Skweyiya. According to its web site, the Inspecting Judge has appointed a number of full-time inspectors who conduct annual and monthly independent inspections at various prisons.

In their annual report 2013/2014 DCS stated that overcrowding levels were at 29.70%. According to EWN this week, Minister Masutha said that South African prisons have enough bed space for only about 120,000 out of 159,241 inmates.

7.Just Detention International – South Africa highlighted in its report ‘In Their Boots’ that the ratios of warders-to-inmates are worrying: “In the evenings at Johannesburg ‘Sun City’ Prison between four and 14 warders have to guard sections holding approximately 1 300 inmates”.
“To learn more about conditions of overcrowding in South African prisons, please read an article – published in the Saturday Star on December 28, 2011 – written by Wits Justice Project (WJP) senior journalist, Carolyn Raphaely: How can we escape prison overcrowding?”

According to a NICRO report entitled The State of South African Prisons report 2014, children under the age of 18 are not permitted to be held in prisons, and instead are held in secure care centres. There are 13 such centres in South Africa.

The JICS annual report for 2013/2014 states that there are 18 227 children (under the ages of 18) and juveniles (18 to 25 years old) in remand detention and together are about 41% of the remand population. Because of their age, JICS categorises them as a vulnerable group.

South Africa has two privately run prisons, the British security company G4S runs Mangaung Correctional Centrein Bloemfontein and the American GEO Group, Inc. manages Kuthama Sinthumule Correctional Centre in Makhado.

How many correctional facilities are there in South Africa?

243 correctional centres

Introduction. In South Africa there are currently 243 correctional centres (or ‘prisons’), with a total inmate population of approximately 161 0541. Of these, there are 43 646 remand detainees.

What are 2 types of correctional services in South Africa ?

Community corrections

The supervision of criminal offenders in the resident population, as opposed to confining offenders in secure correctional facilities. The two main types of community corrections supervision are probation and parole. Community corrections is also referred to as community supervision.

Who owns prisons in South Africa?

the Department of Correctional Services

Prisons in South Africa are run by the Department of Correctional Services. According to the ministry, there are approximately 34,000 employees of the department running 240 prisons.

What does correctional Service do in South Africa ?

Department of Correctional Services (National): Overview

The aim of the Department of Correctional Services is to contribute towards maintaining and protecting a just, peaceful and safe society, by: enforcing court-imposed sentences. detaining prisoners in safe custody.

Do we have private prisons in South Africa?

The prison system in South Africa also includes two privately-run prisons, and they are the Kutama Sinthumule Correctional Center which is run by the American private corrections’ company known as GEO Group, and secondly the Mangaung Correctional Center which is operated by the British security company G4S.

How much does a prisoner cost in South Africa?

Each prisoner costs taxpayers R10,890 a month, says correctional services minister Ronald Lamola. Put another way, each of the 141,000 inmates behind bars in the last financial year required the taxes of someone earning about R47,000 a month to maintain them. Justice and correctional services minister Ronald Lamola.