(1)(a) Eastern Cape Region is providing needs based Social Work, Psychological Services, Spiritual Care, Education and Training, Production Workshops and Agriculture programmes including 13 correctional programmes aimed at creating awareness and life skills to sentenced offenders in all correctional centres nationally including EC.
i) Sentenced Offenders |
ii) Remand Offenders |
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Management Area |
Education Programmes Offered |
Number of Offenders attending |
Remand Centre |
Education Programmes Offered |
Number of Offenders attending |
East London |
AET L1 - L4 |
120 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Kirkwood |
AET L1 - L4 |
52 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Amathole |
AET L1 - L4 |
86 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Sada |
AET L1 - L4 |
128 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Grade 10 - 12 |
87 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
St. Albans |
AET L1 - L4 |
152 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Grade 10 - 12 |
19 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
Mthatha |
AET L1 - L4 |
104 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
(1)(a)(ii) Remand Detainees (RDs) are participating in information sharing and awareness programmes which are rendered by Social Workers, Psychologists and Health Care professionals.
RDs who were schooling during the time of incarceration are provided with the necessary education material for continuation of programmes
(1)(b)(i) Religious Services are rendered to all inmates as well as on a needs-based individual pastoral services and church services are conducted in all correctional centres. The following religious services are rendered at the Correctional Centres:
Group work programmes like anger management, heartlines, cross roads are some of the programmes that are rendered to offenders.
((1)(b)(ii) In addition to the RDs, Group Work Programmes like anger management, heartlines, cross roads are some of the programmes that are rendered by DCS taking to consideration that some are first time offenders and being in confined space may have a negative impact.
(2) Section 73(3) of the Criminal Procedure Act, Act 51 of 1977 relates to assistance for criminal proceedings and not correctional programmes. The section reads as follows:
(3) There are currently no additional programmes other than those that are rendered by DCS except Spiritual Care.
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