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DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES. Department of. Correctional. Services. PRESENTATION TO SELECT COMMITTEE ON SECURITY AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS ON PRODUCTION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT IN DCS. Department of Correctional Services. PURPOSE.

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  1. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES Department of Correctional Services PRESENTATION TO SELECT COMMITTEE ON SECURITY AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS ON PRODUCTION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT IN DCS

  2. Department of Correctional Services PURPOSE TO BRIEF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON SECURITY AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS ON PRODUCTION BY OFFENDERS AND SKILLS TRAINING IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES

  3. MANDATE Department of Correctional Services • CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA. (ACT 108 OF 1996) • CORRECTIONAL SERVICES ACT (ACT 111 OF 1998) AS AMENDED. • U.N. STANDARD MINIMUM RULES ON TREATMENT OF PRISONERS. • DRAFT WHITE PAPER ON CORRECTIONS. • OTHER APPLICABLE LEGISLATION REGULATING THE VARIOUS TRADES AND INDUSTRY. (SEE ANNEXURE)

  4. Department of Correctional Services CONTENT • INTRODUCTION – DEVELOPMENT & CARE • MANDATE – DEVELOPMENT & CARE • STRUCTURE – DEVELOPMENT & CARE • BACKGROUND – PRODUCTION WORKSHOPS & AGRICULTURE • OBJECTIVES – PRODUCTION WORKSHOPS & AGRICULTURE

  5. Department of Correctional Services CONTENT (Cont.) • EXTENT – PRODUCTION WORKSHOPS & AGRICULTURE • SKILLS UTILIZATION – PRODUCTION WORKSHOPS & AGRICULTURE • SKILLS DEVELOPMENT – PRODUCTION WORKSHOPS & AGRICULTURE • CHALLENGES / CONSTRAINTS – PRODUCTION WORKSHOPS & AGRICULTURE

  6. DEVELOPMENT AND CARE WITHIN REHABILITATION PATH Department of Correctional Services Development and care programmes and services are located within the rehabilitation framework of the Department of Correctional Services. Development and care are processes and interventions aimed to ensure the development and growth of offenders, in an environment which satisfies both physical- and emotional needs. Therefore, it is imperative to contextualize the environment in which offenders and officials function and to understand the offenders in the care of the Department of Correctional Services.

  7. STRUCTURE: BRANCH DEVELOPMENT & CARE Department of Correctional Services

  8. Department of Correctional Services BACKGROUND PRODUCTION IN CORRECTIONAL SERVICES IS MAINLY CONFINED TO THE DIRECTORATE PRODUCTION WORKSHOPS AND AGRICULTURE WHICH ALSO ACTS AS AN AGENT TO FOSTER SKILLS UTILIZATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT.

  9. OBJECTIVES: PRODUCTION WORKSHOPS & AGRICULTURE Department of Correctional Services • TO PROVIDE JOB OPPORTUNITIES. • TO PROVIDE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO OFFENDERS. • TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SKILLS UTILIZATION. • TO PROMOTE WORK ETHICS AND EMPLOYABILITY. • TO ENSURE PRODUCT SELF- SUFFICIENCY.

  10. Department of Correctional Services EXTENT OF PRODUCTION WORKSHOPS PRODUCTION WORKSHOPS: • THIS COMPONENT COSISTS OF (18) EIGHTEEN TEXTILE WORKSHOPS, (10) TEN STEEL WORKSHOPS, (10) TEN WOOD WORKSHOPS & (4) FOUR BAKERIES.

  11. DETAILED EXTENT PRODUCTION WORKSHOPS Department of Correctional Services

  12. DETAILED EXTENT PRODUCTION WORKSHOPS (CONT.) Department of Correctional Services

  13. EXTENT OF AGRICULTURE Department of Correctional Services AGRICULTURE: • THE DEPARTMENT HAS 20 PRISON FARMS TO THE EXTENT OF 40 000 HECTARES AS WELL AS 116 PRISON GARDENS ( SMALLER CORRECTIONAL CENTRES) • DRY LANDS - 6 386 HA • IRRIGATION - 2 040 HA • NATURAL GRAZING - 20 885 HA • NOT USABLE - 9 937 HA

  14. DETAILED EXTENT: AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES Department of Correctional Services • 20 PRISON FARMS

  15. DETAILED EXTENT: AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES (CONT.) Department of Correctional Services • 20 PRISON FARMS

  16. DETAILED EXTENT: AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES (CONT.) Department of Correctional Services • 20 PRISON FARMS

  17. OUTPUT: PRODUCTION WORKSHOPS 2003/2004 Department of Correctional Services WORKSHOP ITEMS MANUFACTURED: • WOOD - 58 273 UNITS • STEEL - 171 332 UNITS • TEXTILE - 1 926 305 UNITS • BAKERIES - 1 882 670 LOAVES

  18. Department of Correctional Services OUTPUT: AGRICULTURE 2003/2004 AGRICULTURE ITEMS PRODUCED: • VEGETABLE - 14 167 195 KG • FRUIT - 771 401 KG • RED MEAT - 548 812 KG • PORK - 1 870 718 KG • MILK - 6 814 863 LITRES • BUTTER - 75 723 KG • CHICKEN - 1 516 783 KG • EGGS - 1 316 737 DOZ • VENISON - 4 817 KG

  19. Department of Correctional Services AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

  20. MARKET: PRODUCTION WORKSHOPS & AGRICULTURE Department of Correctional Services WOOD & STEEL PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: • DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES. • ALL NATIONAL GOVERNMENT DEPTS. • LOCAL & PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS. • PARASTATALS. • GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES. SHOES, TEXTILE AND BAKERIES: • DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES. MARKET FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE: • DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES.

  21. Department of Correctional Services FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION: PRODUCTION WORKSHOPS

  22. Department of Correctional Services FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION:AGRICULTURE IT IS ONE OF THE OBJECTIVES TO ENSURE THAT AGRICULTURAL PROJECTS ARE MANAGED ACCORDING TO SOUND BUSINESS PRINCIPLES. • THE FOLLOWING RESULTS WERE ATTAINED DURING THE PAST FOUR FINANCIAL YEARS (ACCORDING TO THE AGRICULTURE COSTING SYSTEM).

  23. Department of Correctional Services OFFENDER SKILLS UTILIZATION: PRODUCTION WORKSHOPS & AGRICULTURE THESE FIGURES ARE INDICATIVE OF THE NUMBER OF OFFENDERS UTILIZED PER DAY

  24. DEVELOPMENT OF OFFENDERS: PRODUCTION WORKSHOPS & AGRICULTURE Department of Correctional Services • THE FOLLOWING ARE AN INDICTAION OF OFFENDERS THAT PARTICIPATED IN VOCATIONAL SKILLS TRAINING AT THE VARIOUS PRODUCTION WORKSHOPS & AGRICULTURAL SITES.

  25. SKILLS OPPORTUNITIES PROVIDED TO OFFENDERS Department of Correctional Services

  26. Department of Correctional Services SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

  27. INTRODUCTION: SKILLS DEVELOPMENT Department of Correctional Services • RESULTANT FROM THE RESTRUCTURING PROCESS OF THE DEPARTMENT, THE DIRECTORATE: SKILLS DEVELOPMENT WAS CREATED. THE MANDATE OF THIS DIRECTORATE IS: • TO PROVIDE A VARIETY OF SKILLS DEVELOP- MENT PROGRAMMES AND OPPORTUNITIES. • TO ENSURE THAT THE PROGRAMMES ARE ALIGNED WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY (SAQA) AND THE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT ACT.

  28. Department of Correctional Services INTRODUCTION CONT. • THE DIRECTORATE IS FURTHER MANDATED TO ENSURE THAT THE TRAINING FACILITIES IN THE DEPARTMENT ARE ACCREDITED AND MEET THE REQUIREMENTS SET BY VARIOUS RELEVANT SECTOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING AUTHORITIES (SETAs)

  29. Department of Correctional Services VISION: SKILLS DEVELOPMENT TO RENDER A SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SERVICE THAT IS RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF THE OFFENDERS AND THE LABOUR MARKET IN ORDER TO CONTRIBUTE TO REHABILITATION AND EFFECTIVE REINTEGRATION INTO THE COMMUNITY.

  30. Department of Correctional Services MISSION: SKILLS DEVELOPMENT • THE VISION IS ACHIEVED THROUGH: • Observing and determining the job market skills needs and aligning our programmes accordingly. • Provision and marketing of accredited programmes to offenders. • Catering for the needs of offenders with special needs. • Ensuring that staff is adequately developed to deliver needs-based and accredited skills development programmes. • Establishing networks with service providers and other community-based structures.

  31. OBJECTIVES: SKILLS DEVELOPMENT Department of Correctional Services • TO INTEGRATE FORMAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES. • TO EQUIP OFFENDERS WITH NEEDS- BASED AND MARKET- RELATED OCCUPATIONAL SKILLS. • - TO IMPLEMENT LEARNERSHIP PROGRAMMES.

  32. OBJECTIVES: SKILLS DEVELOPMENT CONT. Department of Correctional Services • TO DEVELOP THE SKILLS OF THE OFFENDERS AS PART OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN PROS- PROSPECTIVE WORKFORCE IN ORDER TO: • - Improve their quality of life, prospects of work and labour mobility. • - Improve their competitiveness as prospec- pective employees. • TO INCULCATE DESIRABLE WORK ETHICS AND INSTILL A CULTURE OF LIFE LONG LEARNING. • TO ENCOURAGE A SPIRIT OF ENTREPRENEUR- SHIP.

  33. Department of Correctional Services PROGRAMMES • THE FOLLOWING TRAINING PROGRAMMES ARE OFFERED: • VOCATIONAL TRAINING • VOCATIONAL TRAINING IMPLIES THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL TRAINING IN WHICH A OFFENDER, UPON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION, IS ELIGIBLE TO BE ASSESSED AND ISSUED WITH A QUALIFICATION BY THE RELEVANT SECTOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING AUTHORITY (SETA) OR INSTITUTE FOR THE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEARNERSHIP, EMPLOYMENT SKILLS AND LABOUR ASSESSMENT (INDLELA). • .

  34. Department of Correctional Services PROGRAMMES CONT. • THESE INCLUDE TRADES SUCH AS FITTING, TURNING, TOOL MAKING. (SEE ANNEXURE A FOR A LIST OF TRADES OFFERED.)

  35. Department of Correctional Services PROGRAMMES CONT. • BASIC OCCUPATIONAL SKILLS TRAINING • OCCUPATIONAL SKILLS TRAINING IS TRAINING IN WHICH ARTISAN STATUS IS NOT THE ULTIMATE AIM, BUT A SPECIALIZED TRAINING IN A FIELD OF STUDY RESULTING IN A CERTIFICATE / QUALIFICATION BEING ISSUED. THESE COURSES ARE PROVIDED INTERNALLY AND BY EXTERNAL SERVICE PROVIDERS. (SEE ANNEXURE B)

  36. Department of Correctional Services PROGRAMMES CONT. • ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS TRAINING • THIS PROGRAMME IS GEARED TOWARDS IMPARTING BASIC BUSINESS SKILLS TO LEARNERS WITH THE AIM OF ENABLING THEM TO BE SELF - EMPLOYED AFTER RELEASE. • THESE INCLUDE COURSES SUCH AS DEVELOPMENT OF BUSINESS PLANS, STARTING A SMALL BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT.

  37. Department of Correctional Services PROGRAMMES CONT. • ENGINEERING STUDIES: • THIS PROGRAMME ACCOMMODATES LEARNERS WHO ARE ENROLLED FOR ENGINEERING STUDIES BETWEEN N1 AND N6. • COMPUTER SKILLS TRAINING: • THIS PROGRAMME IS AIMED AT EQUIPPING LEARNERS WITH BOTH BASIC AND ADVANCE COMPUTER SKILLS. • THESE COMPUTER COURSES INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO SOFT WARE DESIGN, UPGRADING AND COMPUTER MAINTENANCE.

  38. Department of Correctional Services FACILITIES • TRAINING TAKES PLACE IN THE PRODUCTION WORKSHOPS AND AT TRAINING CENTRES. • 13 NCPS TRAINING CENTRES. • CENTRES ARE LOCATED AT THESE PROVINCES AND MANAGEMENT AREAS.

  39. FACILITIES Department of Correctional Services

  40. FACILITIES CONT. Department of Correctional Services

  41. Department of Correctional Services OFFENDER PARTICIPATION • IN THE 2003/04 FINANCIAL YEAR, A TOTAL OF 15 812 OFFENDERS PARTICIPATED IN SKILLS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES. • THE BREAKDOWN, PER REGION, IS PROVIDED AS FOLLOWS:

  42. OFFENDER PARTICIPATION: GAUTENG REGION Department of Correctional Services

  43. OFFENDER PARTICIPATION: WESTERN CAPE REGION Department of Correctional Services

  44. OFFENDER PARTICIPATION: EASTERN CAPE REGION Department of Correctional Services

  45. OFFENDER PARTICIPATION: FREESTATE & N/CAPE REGION Department of Correctional Services

  46. OFFENDER PARTICIPATION: KWAZULU-NATAL REGION Department of Correctional Services

  47. OFFENDER PARTICIPATION: LIMPOPO/MPU/NWEST REGION Department of Correctional Services

  48. Department of Correctional Services FUNDING FOR TRAINING • DEPARTMENTAL BUDGET. • DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR FROM THE NATIONAL SKILLS FUND. • DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR CONTRIBUTED R15 MILLION IN THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR. • SEE ANNEXURE C FOR DISTRIBUTION.

  49. Department of Correctional Services PERSONNEL • POST ESTABLISHMENT = 310 • FILLED POSITIONS = 210. • THERE IS A NEED TO CREATE MORE POSITIONS.

  50. Department of Correctional Services CONCLUSION • THE TRAINING PROVIDED IN THE DCS IS IN LINE WITH LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENTS PARTICULARLY THE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT ACT AND NATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK (NQF). • PROGRAMMES OFFERED ARE NEEDS- BASED AND INFORMED BY LABOUR MARKET NEEDS.

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