CORRECTIONAL SERVICES IN GAUTENG PROVINCE

PRISONS
12 Management Areas, 26 prisons
· Johannesburg
· Leeuwkop
· Pretoria
· Modderbee
· Boksburg
· Krugersdorp
· Zonderwater
· Nigel
· Baviaanspoort
· Vereeniging
· Heidelberg
· Devon
C-max, maximum, medium, female, juvenile


MANAGEMENT AREA/PRISON

OFFICIAL CAPACITY

NUMBER OF POPULATION

PERCENTAGE OF PRISON POPULATION

JHB Medium A
Medium B
Maximum
Female

2630
1300
302
605

5836
2065
528
751

221%
158%
175%
124%

L-kop Medium A
Medium B
Medium C
Maximum

751
723
692
763

1337
714
1139
1305

178%
99%
165%
171%

PTA Local
Central
Max
Female
Atteridgev

2171
1519
281
89
609

4671
2432
213
150
992

215%
160%
82%
169%
163%

Modderbee

2231

4300

193%

Boksburg Juv
Medium

241
2051

327
4149

135%
202%

Krugersdorp

1757

3367

192%

ZW Medium A
Medium B

817
795

1317
1220

161%
153%

Nigel

394

651

182%

Bavis Medium
Maximum
Emthonjeni

527
355
640

1046
621
614

198%
174%
96%

Vereeniging

786

1722

219%

Heidelberg

469

849

181%


INFRASTRUCTURE & BUILDINGS
-Emthonjeni (Baviaanspoort) built, capacity of 640
-APOPS to build at Boksburg - unsentenced
-Currently no unused prisons
-Prisons for urgent repair (13)
Jhb (all)
Nigel
Heidelberg
Pretoria Local
Baviaanspoort
Vereeniging
Krugerdorp
Leeuwkop Med A/B/C

-Prisons undergoing repair (5)
Nigel (560 extra)
Vereeniging (0 extra)
Heidelberg (0 extra)
Pretoria Local (0 extra)
Devon (600 capacity)

PRISON POPULATION
Male
Black = 36 951
Coloured = 2 315
White = 1 892
Asian = 140
Total = 41 298

Female
Black = 796
Coloured = 73
White = 140
Asian = 9
Total = 1018

CHILDREN
Age 14-17 590 sentenced & unsentenced
5 067 sentenced and unsentenced
39 babies (with mothers)

Children
Age 13
1 sent
Age 14
3 sent
5 unsent
Age 15
29 sent
22 unsent
Age 16
97 sent
97 unsent
Age 17
191 sent
145 unsent

Juveniles
Age 18 479 sent 1039 unsent
Age 19 713 sent 1005 unsent
Age 20 829 sent 1002 unsent

SENTENCED CHILDREN/YOUTHOFFENDERS: MALE

13 YRS

14 YRS

15 YRS

16 YRS

17 YRS

TOT

18 YRS

19 YRS

20 YRS

TOTAL

BAVIAANSPOORT

0

2

7

26

65

100

143

194

186

523

BOKSBURG

0

0

4

7

20

31

61

16

115

192

HEIDELBERG

0

0

1

1

0

2

2

2

0

4

JOHANNESBURG

0

0

7

35

34

76

136

205

202

543

KRUGERSDORP

0

1

0

1

3

5

11

26

25

62

LEEUWKOP

1

0

6

19

52

78

71

210

211

492

MODDERBEE

0

0

2

4

3

9

24

20

49

93

NIGEL

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

1

0

4

PRETORIA

0

0

2

2

2

6

16

15

18

49

VEREENIGING

0

0

0

1

9

10

7

13

7

27

ZONDERWATER

0

0

0

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

TOTAL

1

3

29

97

188

318

474

702

813

1989


STATISTICS OF SENTENCED CHILDRENS/YOUNG OFFENDRES: FEMALES 30/10/99

13 YRS

14 YRS

15 YRS

16 YRS

17 YRS

18 YRS

19 YRS

20 YRS

HEIDELBERG

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

JOHANNESBURG

0

0

0

0

2

4

10

15

PRETORIA

0

0

0

0

1

1

1

0

TOTAL

0

0

0

0

3

5

11

16

TOTAL 13-17 = 3

TOTAL 18-20 = 32


CHILDREN
-Special facilities (swing, jungle gym, TV, tables & chairs, toys, play courts, crèche for babies/toddlers) (gymnasiums, soccer, volleyball, rugby for juveniles)
-Lack of facilities for mothers with babies
-Pretoria
8 mothers
8 babies
Jhb
29 mothers
29 babies
Heidelberg
2 mothers
2 babies
-Pretoria - no facilities for women & babies
Jhb - fridge for food, oven
Heidelberg - no facilities for women & babies
-Facilities needed to cater for mothers & babies

PERSONNEL
Discipline
Social Work
Health Care
Information Technology
Work Study
Psychological Services
Finance
Logistics
Education & Training
Legal Services

Total number of warders / wardresses

NO.

MANAGEMENT AREA

TOTAL NUMBER OF STAFF

Baviaanspoort

441

Boksburg

701

Heidelberg

101

Johannesburg

1184

Krugersdorp

400

Leeuwkop

803

Modderbee

689

Nigel

136

Pretoria

1518

Provincial Office

123

Vereeniging

208

Zonderwater

511

Zonderwater College

55

TOTAL

6870


Number of warders / wardresses in each prison

MA

PRISON
NAME

STAFF IN THE PRISON

RATIO OF PRISONER TO STAFF

Stress management programmes

Baviaans-poort

Medium

173

1:9


Life skills program

Maximum

96

1:7

Emthomyeni

71

1:9

Nigel

Nigel

81

1:8

None

Zonderwater

Medium a

143

1:9

None

Medium b

165

1:7

Heidelberg

Heidelberg

79

1:11

None

Vereeniging

Vereeniging

151

1:11

None

Johannesburg

Medium a

342

1:17

Sport days, cultural activities, and outings.

Medium b

388

1:5

Medium c (maximum)

111

1:5

Female

122

1:6

Modderbee

Modderbee

690

1:6

None

Boksburg

Medium

355

1:12

None

Juvenile prison

23

1:14

Pretoria

Local

467

1:10



None

Central

364

1:7

Maximum

250

1:1

Female

30

1:5

Attridgeville

79

1:13

Leeuwkop

Medium a

254

1:5



None

Medium b(juvenile)

101

1:7

Medium c

134

1:8

Maximum

176

1:7

Krugersdorp

Krugersdorp

240

1:14

None

TOTAL

5086

 

 

GRAND TOTAL

6870

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DISCIPLINE
Number of cases of corruption investigated by Anti-Corruption Unit for 1998-1999: = 24

2. Types of offences:
- Theft of state property (e.g. petrol) -2
- Aiding escape - 4
- Negligence - 3
- Misuse of state vehicle - 2
- Borrowing money from prisoners - 3
- Theft of prisoners’ cash - 3
- Forged Qualifications - 2
- Irregular payments - 3
- Medical fraud - 2
3. Number of cases under criminal investigation = 3
4. Number of cases of suspension = 11
5. Number of cases of dismissals = 4
6. Number of cases of where criminal action was taken = 4

SECURITY
Measures - Emergency support teams, electrified security fencing, searches, equipment, meetings, security visits, external liaison, evaluations, awareness drives, C-MAX
Problems - Electric fencing Overpopulation
Understaffing
Leeuwkop farm prison

GAUTENG

1995

1996

1997

1998

Jan-Sep 99

1999/10

TOTAL

Vereeniging

10

8

6

3

3

0

30

Johannesburg med. C

9

6

3

9

0

0

27

Johannesburg med. B

16

21

4

26

6

0

73

Johannesburg med. A

6

9

22

18

8

0

63

Krugersdorp

8

23

12

9

1

0

53

Leeuwkop max

1

2

5

2

1

0

11

Leeuwkop med. C

21

14

11

6

9

0

61

Leeuwkop med. A

32

40

35

25

12

5

149

Leeuwkop juvenile

6

19

7

4

1

0

37

Heidelberg

6

17

6

1

0

0

30

Modderbee

11

24

37

13

19

0

104

Nigel

11

10

9

13

4

0

47

Boksburg

14

35

17

8

5

1

80

Pretoria central

9

20

6

5

3

0

43

Pretoria local

36

8

17

1

2

1

65

Atteridgeville

21

26

8

6

3

0

64

Johannesburg female

0

2

3

0

0

0

5

Pretoria max

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

Baviaanspoort max.

3

5

0

0

1

0

9

Baviaanspoort med.

18

38

19

1

5

2

83

Zonderwater med. A

4

5

16

0

0

0

25

Zonderwater med. B

4

17

9

5

2

0

37

TOTAL

246

349

353

155

85

9

1097


ESCAPES
Escapes in last year (Leeuwkop Med, Bavianspoort Med, Zonderwater Med, Pretoria Med, Atteridgeville, Modderbee)
Classifications
Minimum 70
Medium 898
Maximum 86
Unsent 43
Total 1097 (last 5 years)
69 returned to prison

HEALTH ISSUES
-649 HIV, 65 AIDS
-Medical facilities, nurses, psychologists & social workers, visits, counselling, religious care, condoms
-Medical parole, hospital admission
-AIDS/HIV policy (education per video, awareness campaign)
-Average of 9 private treatments per month (previously 80 per month)

RECREATIONAL FACILITIES
-Facilities - soccer, cricket, rugby, card games, table tennis, boxing, chess, pool, volleyball, library, needlework, hairdressing
-Budget R 350 700-00
-Needs - soccer/rugby fields, video machines & TV’s, geographical location difficult

REHABILITATION & DEVELOPMENT

Prison

Social Workers

Psychologists

Baviaanspoort

7

0

Boksburg

19

2

Vereeniging

3

0

Zonderwater

16

3

Pretoria

20

8

Heidelberg

2

0

Modderbee

7

1

Leeuwkop

13

2

Nigel

2

0

Johannesburg

16

3

Krugersdorp

7

0

Total

112

19


REHABILITATION & DEVELOPMENT
-Ratio of social workers 1:320 (1:200)
psychologists 1:600
-Advertising to fill posts
-Pre-release programmes (group and individual therapy)

EDUCATION & TRAINING
-77 educational posts (71 filled & 6 vacancies)
1:34 education student ratio,
1:70 training student ratio
-Programmes
Formal (ABET 1-4/1-9, mainstream,)
Informal (recreational, life skills, library)
Other (vocational, occupational, handcraft)
- Lack of classrooms, artisans, facilities, material, computers, finance, recreation
Workshops in Pretoria, Boksburg, Leeuwkop Zonderwater, Nigel, Jhb, Krugerdorp

EDUCATION & TRAINING
- Building centres in Pretoria, rest maintenance
- Agricultural centres at Leeuwkop, Pretoria, Baviaanspoort, Zonderwater, Modderbee, Vereeniging, Nigel
- Nigel & Heidelberg use disciplinary staff for education
- Participation dependant on sentence, interests, aptitude, abilities, experience, availability
- Computer centres to be placed in Jhb, Pretoria and Boksburg

WORK PROGRAMMES
- Dairy, abattoir, piggery, farming, plumbing, carpentry, painting, welding, building, electricians, chefs, waiters, maintenance
- 60% participation - ±15 000 sentenced prisoners
- Shortages (labour, availability)
- Structured day-programme to solve problems

CORRECTIONAL SUPERVISION & PAROLE
-6 687 persons in system
- 5 218 parolees, 1 469 probationers
-351 personnel members (65 vacancies -552 vacancies in Gauteng)
-Ratio staff to persons 1:20
-Monitor mechanisms - physical monitoring, office visits, volunteers, employers, family
-6 214 absconders in 1999, 6 371 in 1998
-Problems - personnel, vehicles, equipment, areas, training

OTHER ISSUES
- Key problems - infrastructure, overcrowding, personnel shortage, HIV/AIDS
- Successes - Lowest escape rate in recent years agricultural production, workshop production, C-MAX
- Recommendations - build new facilities, NCPS projects, funding