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DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES. Department of. Correctional. Services. DIRECTORATE: SUPERVISION (Probationers & Parolees) Briefing to Select Committee on Correctional Services on Community Corrections. Department of Correctional Services. INTRODUCTION.

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  1. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES Department of Correctional Services DIRECTORATE: SUPERVISION (Probationers & Parolees) Briefing to Select Committee on Correctional Services on Community Corrections

  2. Department of Correctional Services INTRODUCTION The Department exercises super-vision and control over offenders and persons who have been sen-tenced to or placed under correc-tional and parole supervision in the community as well as the re-integra-tion of offenders into the commu-nity.

  3. Department of Correctional Services DEFINITIONOF CONCEPTS Correctional Supervision Correctional Supervision is a community based sentence, which is served by the offender in the community under the control and supervision of correctional officials and/or volunteers. Such offenders are subjected to conditions, which have been set by the court or the Parole Boards in order to protect the community and prevent relapse into crime. Persons who are serving sentences of Correctional Supervision are called probationers.

  4. Department of Correctional Services DEFINITION : CONTINUE Parole Supervision Parole refers to that portion of the sentence of imprisonment which is served in the com-munity under the control and supervision of correctional officials subject to conditions which have been set by the Parole Boards. Correctional and parole supervision are col-lectively referred to as Community Correc-tions.

  5. Department of Correctional Services BASIC STATISTICS Community Corrections Population is reflected as follows: Probationers : 26 018 Parolees : 50 582 Total : 76 600

  6. Department of Correctional Services BASIC STATISTICS Positions at Community Corrections Correctional officials : 1 787 Social Workers : 165 The per capita cost of keeping a person in prison is R103.69 per day. The per capita cost of keeping a person in the Community Corrections system is R10.21 per day

  7. Department of Correctional Services CONDITIONS • To exercise the necessary supervision and control over offenders in the system of Community Corrections, the following conditions are set for offenders. • Monitoring • House detention • Rendering of Community Service • Seeking of employment

  8. CONDITIONS Department of Correctional Services • Payment of victim compensation • Takes part in need-based programmes • Restricted to one or more Magisterial Districts • Live at a fixed address • Refrain from the use/abuse of alcohol/drugs

  9. CONDITIONS Department of Correctional Services • Refrain from committing a criminal offence • May not violate any conditions

  10. Department of Correctional Services ADHERENCE TO CONDITIONS • Probationers and parolees are subjected to one of five different phases, namely Phase I to V. • These phases determine the degree of strict-ness of the conditions to which probationers and parolees are subjected. • Monitoring officials exercise control over them by means of physical contact to the workplace, home or place at which community service is rendered.

  11. Department of Correctional Services DEALING WITH VIOLATIONS • If an offender violates a condition, the • following actions may be taken: • Verbal warning • Written warning • Final warning • Change of conditions • Issuing of G306-warrant

  12. Transformation of Community Corrections Department of Correctional Services

  13. Transformation of Community Corrections Department of Correctional Services

  14. Department of Correctional Services Transformation of Community Corrections

  15. Department of Correctional Services Transformation of Community Corrections

  16. Department of Correctional Services Transformation of Community Corrections

  17. Department of Correctional Services Transformation of Community Corrections

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