Chairperson:

Main tasks	Activities	Outputs	Responsibility	Time Frames
Process Legislation                                                           Conducting Oversight	Amend Legislation Actions Briefings by the DCS Reading of Bills Analysis of Bills Research Conducted Discussion of Mandates Amendments formulated Drafting of Amendments Passing Legislation Conduct Public Hearings Actions Ensure public participation Briefings by DCS Accept written or oral evidence from interested parties Tabling of reports Actions Drafting of reports   Scrutinising of Budget Votes Scrutinising of Annual Reports Scrutinising of Strategic Plans Actions Briefings by DCS Workshops with DCS Briefings by the Minister Monitoring the implementation of legislation Actions Visits to provinces Visits to Correctional Centres Visits to APOPS Monitoring the office of Regional Commissioners Actions Visit Regional Commisioners offices Attending to sensitive media issues Actions Visits prisons in review Overseeing the Office of the Inspecting Judge Actions Visits to the office of Judge Fagan Monitoring the activites of DCS Actions Visits to HQ in Pretoria Conduct meetings with NGO’s Actions Meetings in Parliament   Working relationship with the Select Committee Actions Meetings in Parliament Joint oversight visits       Working relations with the Committees in Peace and Justice Cluster Actions Joint meeting Joint oversight visits Working relations with PC’s on Social Development, Health, Public Service & Admin Actions Joint meetings in Parliament Working relations with Unions e.g. POPCRU Actions Meetings in Parliament Working relations with Researchers and organizations working in the filed of corrections Actions Research work for PC Study tour to Uganda To have a view how the country operates their Correctional system. How they deal with Overcrowding, Sexual Violence in prison, Gangsterism and the successful reintegration of offenders.     Study tour to Zimbabwe To have a view how the country operates their Correctional system. How they deal with Overcrowding, Sexual Violence in prison, Gangsterism and the successful reintegration of offenders.   Study tour to Tanzania To have a view how the country operates their Correctional system. How they deal with Overcrowding, Sexual Violence in prison, Gangsterism and the successful reintegration of offenders.	Legislation amended                           Public Hearings Conducted.               Reports tabled (ATC’d)       Budget Votes scrutinized Annual reports scrutinised Strategic plans scrutinized           Implementation of legislation monitored             Regional Commissioners monitored           Monitoring the media         Communicating with the Office of the Inspecting Judge         DCS monitored         Invite NGO;’s           Joint meetings                   Joint meetings               Joint meetings Meetings with Ministers               Meetings (if necessary)         Research                   Reports on visit to be tabled.                         Reports of visits to be tabled.                       Reports of visits to be tabled.	All Committee members Departmental Officials State Law Advisors Researcher Committee Secretary               Committee Secretary                 All Committee members Committee secretary Researcher   All Committee members Committee Secretary Researcher               All Committee members Committee Secretary Researcher         All Committee members Committee Secretary Researcher         All Committee members Committee Secretary Researcher   All Committee members           All Committee members Committee Secretary Researcher   All Committee members Committee Secretary       All Committee members Committee Secretary Researcher             All Committee members Committee Secretary Researcher         All Committee members Committee Secretary Researcher             The Committee           Researcher                   The Committee                           The Committee                         The Committee	Ongoing                           Ongoing                 Ongoing         Ongoing                     Ongoing               February 2004               Ongoing         Quarterly             Quarterly         Ongoing           Ongoing                   Ongoing               Ongoing                   When necessary           Quarterly                   May 2005                           August 2005                         October 2005

Key Objectives	Activities	Outputs	Responsibility	Time Frame
Seeking to monitor the roll out of the White Paper process	Visits to prisons	Select output targets /provinces	The Committee	February 2005
Seeking to monitor the implementation of the Correctional Services Act of 1998	Liaising with Regional Commissioners	Ensure that of HOP has been trained on aspects of the Act.	The Committee	September 2004
Seeking to monitor the health situation in prison.	Communication with DCS	Visit to prisons	The Committee	Ongoing
Seeking to monitor the migration to a 7day week system in DCS	Communication with DCS	Meetings at HQ	The Chairperson	Ongoing
Seeking to engage the Unions	Meetings with Unions	Meetings with POPCRU & other Unions	The Committee	Ongoing