WESTERN CAPE REGION

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WESTERN CAPE REGION

• BRIEFING TO THE PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON
  CORRECTIONAL SERVICES

PRESENTED BY MR B GXILISHE REGIONAL
COMMISSIONER WESTERN CAPE
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GEOGRAPHICAL VIEW
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REGIONAL STRUCTURE

• Management Areas Ten (10)
• Allandale
• Brandvlei
• Drakenstein
• Goodwood
• Helderstroom
• Malmesbury
• Pollsmoor
• Southern Cape
• Worcester
• Voorberg
• All management areas are managed by Directors
  except
• Pollsmoor who is at the level of Chief Director.

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• Correctional centers in the Region 36
• Centres identified as Centres of Excellence
• Dwarsrivier
• Drakenstein Med B
• Voorberg Med B
• Pollsmoor Female
• Malmesbury Med A
• Goodwood

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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 policies
• Contribute to National Policy Development
• Ensure effective implementation of the
  Act(priorities)

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OFFENDER POPULATION

• Prison population for Region
• Approved accommodation 19404
• Offender population as on 24 August 2004 29960
• Population 154.4
• Ratio of offender population to staff
• 15 (inclusive of all admin, support
  professional staff)

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OVERCROWDING
Management area Approved accommodation Offender population Sentenced Sentenced Awaiting trials Awaiting trials
Management area Approved accommodation Offender population Male Female Male Female
Allandale 1083 1889 1514 0 375 0
Brandvlei 1692 2786 2784 0 2 0
Drakenstein 1531 2021 1965 0 56 0
Goodwood 1692 2263 1212 0 1051 0
Helderstroom 1879 3412 3045 0 367 0
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OVERCROWDING cont.
Management area Approved accommodation Offender population Sentenced Sentenced Awaiting trials Awaiting trials
Management area Approved accommodation Offender population Male Female Male Female
Malmesbury 1846 2236 1848 20 356 12
Pollsmoor 4336 7736 3699 222 3691 124
Southern Cape 1661 2994 2124 100 757 13
Voorberg 2340 2474 2234 18 219 3
Worcester 1344 2149 1687 203 257 2
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OVERCROWDING (Cont.)
JUVENILES
Management area Sentenced Sentenced Awaiting trials Awaiting trials Total
Management area 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
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SECURITY AND SAFETY OF INMATES
ESCAPES (January mid August 2004)
FROM PRISON FROM WORK TEAMS CATEGORY 2 (Monitors)
2 2 3
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
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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
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INVOLVEMENT IN PRODUCTION WORKSHOPS
Statistics
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 - - -
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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.

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HEALTH OF INMATES (Cont.)

• 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.

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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.

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HIV/AIDS TB Statistics Jan-Jun 2004
HEALTH OF INMATES (Cont.)
Males Fem New Deaths Total
HIV 3114 139 231 20 3253
TB 3475 98 410 14 3573
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PERSONNEL COMPOSITION
RACE GENDER TOTAL TOTAL
White White Male Female 1511 241 1752 24.70 3.94 28.64
Coloured Coloured Male Female 2507 464 2971 40.99 7.58 48.57
Indian Indian Male Female 29 20 49 0.47 0.32 0.80
Black Black Male Female 893 451 1344 14.60 7.37 21.9
Total Total 6116 6116 100 100
MALE 4940 (80.77) FEMALE 1176 (19.22) VACANCIES 415 MALE 4940 (80.77) FEMALE 1176 (19.22) VACANCIES 415 MALE 4940 (80.77) FEMALE 1176 (19.22) VACANCIES 415 MALE 4940 (80.77) FEMALE 1176 (19.22) VACANCIES 415 MALE 4940 (80.77) FEMALE 1176 (19.22) VACANCIES 415 MALE 4940 (80.77) FEMALE 1176 (19.22) VACANCIES 415
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COMPOSITION OF PROFESSIONAL STAFF IN REGION

• Educationist Formal education 88
• Skills development 51
• Total 139
• Psychologist 4
• Social workers 103
• Chaplains 4
• Nurses 125

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STAFF MORALE

• 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 118
• Alcohol Abuse 44
• Depression 43
• Marital/Family Relationship 34
• Financial Problems 17
• Trauma 13
• Transfers 13

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STATISTICS DISCIPLINARY CASES FEB- JUN 2004
LABOUR RELATIONS (Discipline of members)

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

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TRAINING INTERVENTIONS (April August 2004)
TRAINING OF PERSONNEL
TRAINING INTERVENTIONS TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONNEL TRAINED
Disciplinary Officials Case Presenters Training March June 2004 105
Investigating Officers Course May 2004 21
Fingerprint Comparison Course May June 2004 62
White Paper Orientation Sessions April 2004 3600
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TRAINING INTERVENTION PLANNED
TRAINING OF PERSONNEL (Cont.)
TRAINING INTERVENTIONS THAT WILL TAKE PLACE LATER IN THE YEAR TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONNEL WHO WILL ATTEND THE TRAINING
Office Skills Programme October 2004 10
Project Management Course October 2004 40
Disability Management Course October 2004 22
Sign Language September 2004 2 Trainers
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ROLL-OUT PLAN TRAINING OF OFFICIALS IN
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES ACT REGULATIONS
TRAINING OF PERSONNEL (Cont.)

• All Area Commissioners
• Senior Officials at Regional Commissioners
  Office
• Heads of Correctional Centres
• Area Co-coordinators
• All PDS Officials (Psychologists, Social Workers,
  Educationists, Health Care and Spiritual Workers)
• All Community Correction Officials
• Chairpersons and Secretaries of Parole Boards

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ANTI-CORRUPTION

• Strategic Management of anti-corruption
  interventions based on a National Risk management
  Plan.
• Each Management Area has its 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.