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OFFENDER REHABILITATION PATH 8 SEPTEMBER 2010 PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE

Overview of progress in rehabilitation and reintegration, including admission processes, assessment, and delivery of Correctional Sentence Plans. Evaluation of program effectiveness and strategies for social reintegration.

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OFFENDER REHABILITATION PATH 8 SEPTEMBER 2010 PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE

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  1. OFFENDER REHABILITATION PATH 8 SEPTEMBER 2010 PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE

  2. PURPOSE OF PRESENTATION • To provide Portfolio Committee with overview of progress made regarding Rehabilitation and Reintegration Programmes in Department of Correctional Services

  3. ESSENCE OF OFFENDER REHABILITATION PATH • Process of what happens to offender from point of entry (admission) into correctional centre to point of reintegration into society (social reintegration)

  4. Offender Rehabilitation Path

  5. ADMISSION • All offenders orientated upon admission • Re-integration official explore all possibilities w r t placement / release (fines, bail, etc) • Total number of sentenced offenders admitted 2008/2009 – 61149 2009/2010 - 79004 • Offenders serving 0 – 24 months 2008/2009 – 39448 2009/2010 - 49895 • Offenders serving longer than 24 months (Correctional Service Amendment Act No. 25 of 2008) 2008/2009 – 20509 2009/2010 – 28164

  6. ASSESSMENT / CLASSIFICATION / PROFILING • Initially – Comprehensive Assessment Team (CAT) – Psychologists, Social Workers, Educators, Health Care Workers, Spiritual Care Workers, Social Reintegration Official, Security Official • Challenge – shortage of staff in these categories • Re-strategise • Correctional Assessment Officials • Correctional Intervention Officials • Reworked assessment tool • 2007/08 : 12 Master Trainers trained on assessment, profiling, classification and correctional sentence plan • 2007/08 – 2008/09 : 6170 officials trained in Unit Management • 2008/09 :1250 members of Case Management Committee (CMC) Trained

  7. CORRECTIONAL SENTENCE PLANS (CSP) • CMC approves CSP • CSPs compiled for following categories offenders serving sentences longer than 24 months in 2009/10: • 25324 newly admitted offenders - approved CSPs • 15900 offenders with parole consideration dates – approved CSPs • Estimated backlog of 53 614 without CSPs reduced with 11492 (21.4%) • Following achievement recorded in first quarter of 2010/11: • 4135 newly admitted offenders - approved CSPs • 4416 offenders with parole consideration dates - approved CSPs • Backlog reduced by 3144

  8. DELIVERY ON CORRECTIONAL SENTENCE PLANS 121 interim Correctional Interventions Officials (CIO) identified nationally to deliver Correctional Programmes CIOs not formally appointed or trained – lead to fragmented implementation of correctional programmes Selected interns trained as facilitators to present correctional programmes - pilot at Pretoria management area – launched 8 February 2010 The project is being evaluated with the intention to roll it out to other regions as well. Interns’ contract to expire (1 - August; 2 - Sept; 3 - March)

  9. DELIVERY ON CORRECTIONAL SENTENCE PLANS • 2009/2010 : 48,396 offenders out of an average of 114 000 offender population (42%) completed correctional programmes based on statistics for 5 programmes • 2010/2011 : (first quarter) 15,650 offenders out of an average of 112 000 sentenced offender population (13%) (based on statistics for seven programmes presented by DCS officials as well as external service providers) • 2010/11 – developing a correctional programme addressing economic crimes – theft related • 2008/2009 : 168 784 attendances at spiritual care sessions – In 2009/2010 including 1st Quarter 2010/11 it was 231 324

  10. DELIVERY ON CORRECTIONAL SENTENCE PLANS Social Work Services : 2008/2009 : 116115 sessions - sessions include individual and group work interventions 21089 attendances by special category offenders in existing Social Work programmes 1st Quarter 2010/11 : 5087 offenders involved in programmes provided by external service providers 2009/2010 – 102636 Social Work Sessions 1st Quarter 2010/11 : 28100 Social Work Services sessions

  11. DELIVERY ON CORRECTIONAL SENTENCE PLANS Psychological Services 2007/08 - 28 psychologists - reached 13 034 sentenced offenders 2008/09 - 22 psychologists reached 9 073 sentenced offenders 2009/10 - 34 psychologists reached 9932 sentenced offenders 1st Quarter 2010/11 – 39 psychologists reached 1485 sentenced offenders

  12. DELIVERY ON CORRECTIONAL SENTENCE PLANS Health Care Services : • Twenty-eight (28) Pharmacists and Community Service Pharmacists allocated to Departmental Pharmacies – impact on Pharmaceutical Services which form part of Primary Health Care - resulted in utilization of private pharmacies as figures for Pharmacists decreased from 33 in 2009/10 to 28 in 2010/11 • Seventy-five (75) correctional officials trained in Environmental Hygiene Supervision • Various health care programmes (e.g. management of communicable and non- communicable diseases) implemented in 90% Management Areas

  13. DELIVERY ON CORRECTIONAL SENTENCE PLANS HIV and AIDS : 2008/2009 Awareness sessions conducted - 13 133 Offenders on ARV treatment - 5 708 Offenders tested for HIV antibodies - 40 167 Offenders tested positive - 8 937 Due to HIV counseling and testing drives conducted number of offenders tested during 2009/10 increased Awareness sessions conducted - 9 919 Offenders on ARV treatment - 8 576 Offenders tested for HIV antibodies - 45 887 Offenders tested positive - 11 245

  14. DELIVERY ON CORRECTIONAL SENTENCE PLANS HIV and AIDS 2010/2011 - 1st Quarter • Awareness sessions - 2 836 • Offenders on ARV treatment - 8576 • Offenders tested for HIV - 13 355 • Offenders tested positive - 1 969 Sport, Recreation, Arts & Culture (SRAC) • SRAC programmes in all correctional centres for leisure time utilization, sport, recreation arts & culture • 2009/10 : 127293 attendance by offenders in sport and recreation programmes • 144 538 attendance by offenders in sport and recreation programmes 1st quarter of 2010/11 (sentenced and unsentenced)

  15. DELIVERY ON CORRECTIONAL SENTENCE PLANS Formal Education • 2008/2009 : 15 319 offenders participated • 2009/2010 : 22 173 offenders participated • 2010/2011 : 21 612 offenders participated (First Quarter/ • Adult Basic Education and Training (ABET) learners complete their course in June therefore, second intake of ABET learners in July and totals will reflect different at end of September

  16. DELIVERY ON CORRECTIONAL SENTENCE PLANS Skills Development 2009/2010 : 45 891 participated 2010/2011 (1st Quarter) : 19 132 participated

  17. Offender Rehabilitation Path

  18. PLACEMENT OF THE OFFENDER ON CORRECTIONAL/PAROLE SUPERVISION FROM CORRECTIONAL CENTRE • Pre-admission - 6. Release (Sentence expiry date) CASE MANAGEMENT Process during which the progress of the offender ito CSP is monitored and amended 5. Monitoring and evaluation REC (6 monthly progress & Re-classification) 2. Admission at community corrections Offender 4. Implementation of correctional sentence plan (continuation of existing CSP) 3. Re-assessment/ Alignment of existing correctional sentence plan

  19. NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS

  20. ALIGNMENT OF THE CORRECTIONAL SENTENCE PLAN • Admission Risk Classification Tool has been developed • The purpose of this tool is to identify the risk of the offender at the time of admission; and • To determine the level of supervision required • Assessment tool has been developed • The purpose of this tool is to identify the needs of the offender at the time of admission

  21. CONTINUATION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF CORRECTIONAL SENTENCE PLAN Monitor adherence to conditions:

  22. MONITORING AND EVALUATION Case review conducted at least every six months - includes amongst others: • Level of supervision • Reports from external agencies

  23. RELEASE

  24. WAY FORWARD • Overcrowding in Correctional Centres to be further down managed • Capacitating Case Management structures to be prioritised (Case Management Committee, Correctional Assessment Officials, Correctional Intervention Officials, Reintegration Assessment Teams, Reintegration Evaluation Committee) • Structure and function alignment to be finalised • Impact of implementation of the various shift systems on structured day programme/activities to be evaluated • Optimal utilisation of resources, including facilities to render programmes • Appropriate utilization of professional staff • Intensive efforts to locate victims of crime for victim-offender mediation processes

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