CHILD JUSTICE BILL: Department of Correctional Services INDEX IBRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE ROLE OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES IISTATISTICS IIIPREPARATIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CHILD JUSTICE BILL IVBUDGET IMPLICATIONS

IBRIEF 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.

IISTATISTICAL ANALYSIS Prisoners in custody as on 31 December 2002 *Unsentenced prisoners= *Sentenced prisoners= *Total prisoner population= *Total accommodation capacity= *Percentage of overpopulation= 167% *Unsentenced children= *Sentenced children= (20 of whom are awaiting designation to Reformatories). *Total number of children= 4 136

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

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

Average cycle time before awaiting trial children are sentenced – 126,33 days (± 4 months) Community Corrections Capacity *Correctional Supervision cases= *Parole Supervision cases= *Total Probationers and parolees in Community Corrections= *Total children in Community Corrections System= *Number of social workers= 163 *Number of monitoring officials= *Others= 620 *Total= *Number of Community Corrections Offices= 192 *Number of satellite = 152

IIIPREPARATIONS 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 *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.

IVBUDGET 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

Projected Savings 20 Percent reduction of sentenced and Unsentenced children 20% Increase in Community Corrections Services2002/ / / /2006 Detention of unsentenced children Children serving sentence Correctional Supervision Total Financial Implication Total Financial Implication with 6% Inflation

Nominal Savings (Personnel inclusive) ServicesExpected Reduction 2003/2004 R’ /2005 R’ /2006 R’000 5% reduction in child prisoners % reduction in child prisoners % reduction in child prisoners % reduction in child prisoners Please note: These calculations is based on a per capita cost of per prisoner per day with a 4% provision for inflation

Real Saving (Personnel exclusive) ServicesExpected Reduction 2003/2004 R’ /2005 R’ /2006 R’000 5% reduction in child prisoners % reduction in child prisoners % reduction in child prisoners % reduction in child prisoners Please note: These calculations is based on a per capita cost of 8.20 per prisoner per day with a 4% provision for inflation