WESTERN CAPE REGION

BRIEFING TO THE PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON CORRECTIONAL SERVICES

PRESENTED BY: MR B GXILISHE

REGIONAL COMMISSIONER WESTERN CAPE

GEOGRAPHICAL VIEW

REGIONAL STRUCTURE

Management Areas: Ten (10)o Allandale o Brandvleio Drakensteino Goodwoodo Helderstroomo Malmesburyo Pollsmooro Southern Capeo Worcestero VoorbergAll management areas are managed by Directors exceptPollsmoor who is at the level of Chief Director.

Correctional centers in the Region: 36

Centres identified as Centres of Excellence1. Dwarsrivier

2. Drakenstein Med B3. Voorberg Med B 4. Pollsmoor Female5. Malmesbury Med A6. Goodwood

IMPLEMENTATION OF OPERATIONAL PLAN

Operational plan aimed at achieving the National Strategic Objectives and the implementation of the Correctional Services’ Act

Three main focus areas:Ensure 100% compliance with all existing policiesContribute to National Policy Development

Ensure effective implementation of the Act(priorities)

OFFENDER POPULATION

Prison population for Region Approved accommodation 19404Offender population as on 24 August 2004 29960Population % 154.4%

Ratio of offender population to staff

1:5 (inclusive of all admin, support & professional staff)

OVERCROWDING

Management area

Approved accommodation

Offender population

Sentenced Awaiting trials

Male Female

Male Female

Allandale 1083 1889 1514 0 375 0Brandvlei 1692 2786 2784 0 2 0Drakenstein 1531 2021 1965 0 56 0Goodwood 1692 2263 1212 0 105

10

Helderstroom

1879 3412 3045 0 367 0

Management area

Approved accommodation

Offender population

Sentenced Awaiting trials

Male Female

Male Female

Malmesbury 1846 2236 1848 20 356 12Pollsmoor 4336 7736 3699 222 369

1124

Southern Cape

1661 2994 2124 100 757 13

Voorberg 2340 2474 2234 18 219 3Worcester 1344 2149 1687 203 257 2

OVERCROWDING cont.

5

AVERAGE POPULATION: WESTERN CAPE

73422104130021June 2004

71842101629885July 2004

75422097530080May 2004

75982085330117April 2004

UnsentencedSentencedAverage

Number of Offenders

Month

7

AVERAGE NUMBER OF PERSONS UNDERCOMMUNITY CORRECTIONS

9385518644June 2004

12087678887July 2004

7685818657May 2004

7584968571April 2004

Unsentenced

Sec 62(f)

SentencedAverage

Number of Offenders

Month

8

76

142

121

119

Out from Court

13220120July

2004

515893June

2004

1120876May

2004

014175April

2004

Plea Bargain

Saturday Courts

Super-vision

AWAITING TRIALS: REDIRECTED

Management area

Sentenced Awaiting trials Total

Male Female Male Female

Allandale 0 0 83 0 83

Brandvlei 503 0 0 0 503

Drakenstein 447 0 0 0 447

George 3 0 93 5 101

Voorberg 116 2 52 0 170

Worcester 76 0 64 0 140

Malmesbury 148 4 78 2 232

Pollsmoor 509 45 1268 34 1856

JUVENILES

OVERCROWDING (Cont.)

6

YOUNG OFFENDERS: WESTERN CAPE CENTRES

SentencedUnsentenced

20874271582281July

2004

20574781656291June

2004

20844631697323May

2004

19964851686377April 2004

18 - 2014 - 1718 - 2014 - 17

SECURITY AND SAFETY OF INMATES

FROM PRISON FROM WORK TEAMS CATEGORY 2(Monitors)

2 2 3

ESCAPES (January – mid August 2004)

ASSAULTS (January – mid August 2004)INMATE ON INMATE INMATE ON MEMBER MEMBER ON INMATE

184 8 24

DEATHS (January –mid August 2004)

NATURAL UNNATURAL (Suicides)

24 5

INVOLVEMENT OF OFFENDERS IN EDUCATION

Statistics

Management Area

Formal Education

Skills Development

Sports, Recreation, Arts

& Culture

Allandale 600 8 740

Brandvlei 1580 57 1110

Drakenstein 778 24 1862

George 897 126 795

Goodwood 209 - 270

Helderstroom 1638 - 1680

Malmesbury 980 35 448

Pollsmoor 335 173 8353

Voorberg 629 - 1622

Worcester 434 - 1975

INVOLVEMENT IN PRODUCTION WORKSHOPS

Management area

Garment making and Tailoring

Furniture making

Furniture polishing

Welding

Worcester 90 - - -

Helderstroom 45 - - -

Pollsmoor 60 45 8 20

Drakenstein 65 70 10 25

Pollsmoor 4 20 8 8

Drakenstein 4 25 10 12

Malmesbury 110 - - -

Statistics

HEALTH OF INMATES

Primary Health Care

All centres follow the primary health care model of the Department of Health.All offenders have access to health care daily and will be referred for specialist care if needed.Sixty percent of our health care staff is trained in primary health care and we have at least one primary health care practitioner at each Correctional Centre.Tuberculosis is managed according to the guidelines of the Department of Health.

Challenges in Primary Health Care

With overcrowding we are exposed to risks such as communicable/infectious diseases and mental conditions.We lack the necessary infrastructure to practice primary health care 100%.Primary health care practitioners must still be trained to dispense medication.

HEALTH OF INMATES (Cont.)

Strategies in Primary Health Care

To have health information and education sessions weekly at all correctional centres.To equip clinics with the basic equipment to deliver primary health care services in full.Training of primary health care practitioners to dispense medication in our institutions.

HEALTH OF INMATES (Cont.)

HIV/AIDS & TB Statistics Jan-Jun 2004

Males Fem New Deaths

Total

HIV 3114 139 231 20 3253

TB 3475 98 410 14 3573

HEALTH OF INMATES (Cont.)

RACE GENDER TOTAL TOTAL % %

White

White

Male

Female

1511

2411752

24.70%

3.94%28.64%

Coloured

Coloured

Male

Female

2507

4642971

40.99%

7.58%48.57%

Indian

Indian

Male

Female

29

2049

0.47%

0.32%0.80%

Black

Black

Male

Female

893

4511344

14.60%

7.37%21.9%

Total 6116 6116 100% 100%

MALE : 4940 (80.77%)FEMALE : 1176 (19.22%)VACANCIES : 415

PERSONNEL COMPOSITION

COMPOSITION OF PROFESSIONAL STAFF IN REGION

Educationist: Formal education: 88

Skills development: 51

Total 139

Psychologist 4Social workers 103Chaplains 4Nurses 125

EAP Report in terms of staff morale: Western Cape Region – 1 April 2004 (The most recent statistics exclude Voorberg and Malmesbury)

CATEGORY TOTAL (Current cases)Work related issues 118Alcohol Abuse 44Depression 43Marital/Family Relationship 34Financial Problems 17Trauma 13Transfers 13

STAFF MORALE

STATISTICS: DISCIPLINARY CASES: FEB- JUN 2004

AREA FEBR MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULYALLANDALE 8 8 9 9 6 5BRANDVLEI 2 1 1 1 1 1DRAKENSTEIN 4 22 9 16 3 0SOUTHERN CAPE 12 5 3 4 0 8GOODWOOD 1 3 0 2 11 22HELDERSTROOM 1 1 0 8 7 9MALMESBURY 11 15 15 22 14 14POLLSMOOR 34 34 34 25 0 45VOORBERG 4 5 5 8 5 3WORCESTER 1 0 0 3 0 3TOTAL 78 94 76 98 47 110

LABOUR RELATIONS (Discipline of members)

TRAINING INTERVENTIONS (April – August 2004)

TRAINING INTERVENTIONS TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONNEL

TRAINEDDisciplinary Officials & Case Presenters Training March – June 2004

105Investigating Officers Course May 2004

21Fingerprint Comparison Course May – June 2004

62White Paper Orientation Sessions April 2004

± 3600

TRAINING OF PERSONNEL

TRAINING INTERVENTION PLANNED

TRAINING INTERVENTIONS THAT WILL TAKE PLACE LATER IN THE YEAR

TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONNEL WHO WILL ATTEND THE

TRAININGOffice Skills Programme October 2004

10Project Management Course October 2004

40Disability Management Course October 2004

22Sign Language September 2004

2 Trainers

TRAINING OF PERSONNEL (Cont.)

All Area CommissionersSenior Officials at Regional Commissioner’s OfficeHeads of Correctional CentresArea Co-coordinatorsAll PDS Officials (Psychologists, Social Workers, Educationists, Health Care and Spiritual Workers)All Community Correction OfficialsChairpersons and Secretaries of Parole Boards

TRAINING OF PERSONNEL (Cont.)

ROLL-OUT PLAN: TRAINING OF OFFICIALS IN CORRECTIONAL SERVICES ACT & REGULATIONS

ANTI-CORRUPTION

Strategic Management of anti-corruption interventions based on a National Risk management Plan.Each Management Area has it’s own Corruption Prevention Plan.Prevention of corruption forms a critical component of performance agreements of all SMS .Vetting of all personnel in the Region.Development of an anti-corruption culture in the Region through:

- monthly report back by all Area Commissioners on all cases of corruption in their management area;

- building the integrity of officials through empowerment programmes.