Yes.
Detailed answers to questions (a), (b) and (c) are as follows:
Province |
(a) Number of patients accommodated |
(b) Prison facilities |
(c) For how long |
Eastern Cape |
14 |
St. Albans |
8-22 months |
14 |
Grahamstown |
6-19 months |
|
43 |
East London |
1-22 months |
|
1 |
Wellington |
1month |
|
13 |
King Williams Town |
1-11 months |
|
11 |
Fort Beaufort |
10-18 months |
|
3 |
Cradock |
14-21 months |
|
Sub-total |
99 |
||
Mpumalanga |
2 |
Witbank |
84 months |
6 |
Nelspruit |
12-36 months |
|
1 |
Middelburg |
12 months |
|
6 |
Ermelo |
1-48 months |
|
Sub-total |
15 |
||
Total |
114 |
The waiting list of patients in prison facilities in Mpumalanga province is due to the lack of a specialised psychiatric hospital to render this service. Plans are underway to build a hospital, and currently patients are referred to Weskoppies Hospital in Gauteng Province, when a bed becomes available.
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