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Presentation to the Portfolio Committee
South African Custodial Management
  • 13 August 2002
  • Kutama Sinthumule Maximum Security Prison

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Index
  • Mission Statement
  • Contracting Entity
  • 2.1 Operating contract
  • Design and Construction Phase
  • 3.1 The need of society / government
  • 3.2 The needs of prisoners
  • 3.3 The needs of staff
  • 3.4 Empowerment
  • 3.5 Training

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Index
  • 4. Operational Phase
  • 4.1 Staff
  • 4.2 Empowerment
  • 4.3 Security
  • 4.4 Health Care
  • 4.5 Programmes

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1. Mission Statement
  • To hold all prisoners in conditions of security,
    safety and respect while caring for their
    individual needs, challenging their offending
    behaviour and assisting them to change their
    lifestyles, during their custody and after their
    release

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2. Contracting Entity
  • Schedule of equity ownership and voting rights of
    the contract

Wackenhut Corrections (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Kensani Corrections
50
50
South African Custodial Services (Pty) Ltd Louis
Trichardt
Equity Distribution R53 Million
Voting Rights are proportionate to the share
holding
R26,5M Kensani
R26,5M WCC
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2.1 Operating Contract
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3. Design and Construction Phase
  • Effective date 16 August 2002
  • Construction time 18 months
  • Contractual opening date 19 February 2002
  • Capacity of the facility - 3024
  • Cost of the building R345 million

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Construction philosophy
  • Needs of society/government
  • Rehabilitation, development and security
  • Needs of staff
  • Safe working environment
  • Environment that contributes to minimum pressure
    and stress
  • Pride in him/herself
  • Enablement

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  • Needs of prisoners
  • Humane care
  • Human dignity
  • Mutual respect
  • Constitutional rights
  • International minimum standards
  • Empowerment
  • Net capital amount R345m
  • Empowerment obligation 25 R86.33m
  • Previously disadvantaged enterprise R21,57m
  • Local enterprise R32.38m
  • Affirmable business enterprise - R32,38m
  • Previously disadvantaged enterprises R210m

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  • Training
  • 1450 people daily 80 PDE
  • 690 qualified as artisans 100 PDE
  • 760 skilled laborers
  • 30 of laborers and artisans women
  • R8m spent on salaries and wages of PDEs

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Operational Phase
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4.1 Staff
  • 517 staff
  • 6 week training period job specific will be
    followed by multi-skilled training
  • All the best practices around the world were
    harnessed, refined and transformed for South
    African conditions
  • Highly professional team who stand tall and proud
    and are ready and able to meet the challenges of
    the correctional environment

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4.2 Empowerment
  • 91 of the staff are previously disadvantaged
    individuals (PDI)
  • 85 of the managers in control of the prison are
    PDIs
  • 46 of the staff are women
  • 1 of the staff are disabled people
  • 80 of the staff are from Louis Trichardt and
  • 79 of the services provided to the prison are
    provided by PDEs

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4.3. Security
  • Focus of incarceration is not to punish the
    prisoner but to keep him in safe custody
  • To serve his sentence
  • To contribute to the safety and security of
    society by securing the safe custody of all
    prisoners
  • Staff are trained to create an environment that
    secures and supports
  • The Constitutional Rights
  • Humane care
  • Human dignity of all prisoners in our care

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4.3. Security
  • Contractual mechanisms to ensure the above
    mentioned
  • The cession contract between government and SACS
  • The controller to enforce the contract
  • The independent prisoner visitors
  • Inspecting judge
  • Prisoner committee consisting of community
    leaders
  • Facility where complaints, corruption and
    criminal activities could be registered

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4.3. Security
  • Prison is fully computerised and electronically
    operated
  • Operated from a central control room which gives
    certain functions to a number of sub-control
    rooms
  • Daily activities of staff and prisoners are
    electronically monitored and recorded to enhance
    the security envelope and for training purposes
  • No staff is allowed to bring any packages, food,
    personal items etc. into the prison
  • Staff lockers are provided
  • Staff meals are provided in the cafeteria

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4.4. Health Care
  • Provides a comprehensive primary health care
    service
  • Health care is provided according to the
    principles of national and international health
    care policies
  • Health care unit consists of
  • 50 bed accommodation
  • X-ray department
  • Dental department
  • Pharmacy
  • Emergency room

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4.4. Health Care
  • Two SACM medical officers provide a 24 hour
    medical service
  • Medical officers develop and monitor individual
    nursing plans for prisoners having special needs
    including those diagnosed with HIV
  • On admission a full medical assessment is
    conducted including an immediate full risk
    assessment

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4.4. Health Care
  • Education and training in health care starts at
    admission and is a continual process until his
    release
  • Prisoners have unimpeded access to all medical
    services
  • Health care staff adheres to a comprehensive
    quality improvement program that supports the
    provision of health care to the prison

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4.5. Programmes
  • Rehabilitation, development enable prisoners to
    positively integrate into society
  • Rehabilitation and development forms part of our
    core business
  • Transfer social skills to enable him to adapt and
    understand the values and norms of society
  • Through educational and industrial programmes
    enable him to provide for himself and participate
    in the economic activities of South Africa

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4.5. Programmes
  • Prison operates along a structured day programme
    which defines every minute of the day for
    prisoners
  • His prison sentence is viewed as an opportunity
    which enables the prisoners and the staff to
    constructively prepare him for his release
  • This places the emphasis on the fact that the
    release of a prisoner starts on admission

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4.5. Programmes
  • A number of programmes are provided for, e.g,
  • Educational programmes
  • Abet
  • Grade 12
  • Occupational Skills Industries
  • Industries
  • Workshops, etc.
  • Personal Development programmes
  • Social work services
  • Psychological services
  • Religious care
  • Library
  • Life skills, etc.

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