CHILD JUSTICE BILL: Department of Correctional Services

1. CHILD JUSTICE BILL:Department of Correctional Services INDEX I BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE ROLE OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES II STATISTICS III PREPARATIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CHILD JUSTICE BILL IV BUDGET IMPLICATIONS

2. I BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE ROLE OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES • ·The purpose of Correctional Services: * Enforcing sentencing of courts * Detention of all prisoners * Promotion of social responsibility and human development * Currently Correctional Services Amendment Act 14 of 1996 provides for children under 14 not to be detained in prison awaiting trial.

3. II STATISTICAL ANALYSIS • Prisoners in custody as on 31 December 2002 * Unsentenced prisoners = 56 459 * Sentenced prisoners = 128 655 * Total prisoner population = 185 114 * Total accommodation capacity = 110 874 * Percentage of overpopulation = 167% * Unsentenced children = 2 371 * Sentenced children = 1 765 (20 of whom are awaiting designation to Reformatories). * Total number of children = 4 136

4. Types of crime categories and numbers of children (unsentenced) * Economical = 986 * Aggressive = 1016 * Sexual = 283 * Narcotics = 15 * Other = 71 • Types of crime categories and numbers of children (sentenced) * Economical = 766 * Aggressive = 668 * Sexual = 262 * Narcotics = 16 * Other = 53

5. Provinces according to the number of children (Unsentenced) * Kwazulu/Natal = 696 * Western Cape = 457 * Eastern Cape = 432 * Gauteng = 426 * Free State = 170 * Limpopo = 2 * Northern Cape = 57 * North West = 69 * Mpumalanga = 62 TOTAL = 2371 • Provinces according to the number of children (Sentenced) * Kwazulu/Natal = 298 * Western Cape = 330 * Eastern Cape = 296 * Gauteng = 299 * Free State = 137 * Limpopo = 71 * Northern Cape = 129 * North West = 123 * Mpumalanga = 82 TOTAL = 1765

6. Average cycle time before awaiting trial children are sentenced – 126,33 days (± 4 months) • Community Corrections Capacity • * Correctional Supervision cases = 25 246 • * Parole Supervision cases = 47 733 • * Total Probationers and parolees in Community Corrections = 72 979 • * Total children in Community Corrections System = 2 012 • * Number of social workers = 163 • * Number of monitoring officials = 1 173 • * Others = 620 • * Total = 1 956 • * Number of Community Corrections Offices = 192 • * Number of satellite = 152

7. III PREPARATIONS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BILL • Release Preparations * Directives from Justice • Community Corrections System * Establishment of satellite and sub-officers * Community participation * Marketing of Community Corrections * Training officials * Setting of conditions and parent involvement • Restorative Justice * Adaptation and launching of Restorative Justice approach by Correctional Services during 2001. * Establishment of a Task Team * Awareness raising campaigns * Training of officials * Victim-Offender Mediation Protocol * National Conference by the South African Justice, Crime Prevention and Social Cluster partners.

8. IV BUDGET IMPLICATIONS • The current budget allocations for D.C.S amounts to R7.026 billion • The per capita cost of incarceration amount to R97.75 per prisoner per day (personnel inclusive) • The direct cost of incarceration (Personnel exclusive) amounts to R8.20 per day • The per capita of community corrections (Personnel exclusive) amounts to R2.75 per day • The total current budget provision for children in detention amount to R148.7 million which represents a 2.1% of our Total budget allocation • The current number of children in prison 4136

9. Projected Savings20 Percent reduction of sentenced and Unsentenced children20% Increase in Community Corrections

10. Nominal Savings(Personnel inclusive) Please note: These calculations is based on a per capita cost of 97.75 per prisoner per day with a 4% provision for inflation

11. Real Saving(Personnel exclusive) Please note: These calculations is based on a per capita cost of 8.20 per prisoner per day with a 4% provision for inflation