All offenders including maximum offenders have access to rehabilitation programmes as stated in the Correctional Services Act, 111 of 1998. Section 41 states that the Department must provide or give access to as full a range of programmes and activities, including needs-based programmes, as is practicable to meet the educational and training needs of sentenced offenders.
The following education programmes are offered- Adult Education ...
(a) The minimum requirements for the position of parole board Chairperson is a recognised and appropriate NQF level 07 qualification in any Criminal Justice field, Social Sciences or related. Five (05) years of experience in management or decision making position. He/She is required to have demonstrable experience of and ability to conduct effective evidence-based decision making, weighing facts and evidence, analysing and critically ...
1. There is no lack of efficiency in the Department in responding to written enquiries.
2. Yes, the Department has a responsibility to respond to enquiries and responds to enquiries on a daily basis. The Department aims at assisting members of the public who lodge enquires and DCS ensures that responses are provided within a reasonable period. Functionaries at Correctional Centres, Management Area, Regional ...
Every effort is made to minimize and prevent any secondary trauma of the victim and a number of procedures and measures are in place to prevent this.
However, whilst the prosecution guard against additional statements from the same witness, in some instances there may be a need for supplementary statements to be provided and filed in the relevant police docket. This is to ensure ...
It should be noted that the most widely used term for literacy and compensatory education for adults was adult basic education and training (ABET) and was defined as the general conceptual foundation towards lifelong learning and development.
After 2000 the term changed to Adult Education and Training (AET) and word “ basic” was removed altogether as AET led to a qualification called General Education ...
The Branch Incarceration and Corrections contributes to the strategy through the provision of Correctional Programmes to sentenced offenders with Correctional Sentence Plans (CSPs) in line with section 38 of the Correctional Service Act 111 of 1998. Correctional Programmes are needs based and have been developed specifically to deal with identified offending behaviour and are aimed at bringing about behavioural changes; acceptance of positive values ...
The provision and implementation of close-in-transit protection services, is provided to the National Director of Public Prosecutions. This was done after a Threats and Risk Assessment have been done many years back and has been the norm with all other predecessors appointed to hold the same office. Security services are therefore provided to the Office of the NDPP, irrespective of the person holding such ...
More »I wish to inform the Honourable Member that I have received the following information from the National Prosecuting Authority:
VACANCY RATES as on 30 September 2016
Overall vacancy per business unit:
|
COMPONENT NAME |
TOTAL |
FILLED |
VACANT |
VACANCY RATE |
|
Assets Forfeiture Unit (AFU) |
165 |
131 |
34 |
20.7 |
|
Sexual Offences and Community Affairs (SOCA) |
220 |
155 |
65 |
29.5 ... |
No, Mchunu Attorneys were not utilised for legal advice and/or advisory services with respect to the Public Protector’s reports mentioned above.
(aa) and (bb) Not applicable.