ATC200605: Report of the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services on the Strategic Plan 2020-2025, Annual Performance Plan 2020/21 of the Department of Correctional Services, and Budget Vote 22: Correctional Services, Dated 3 June 2020

Justice and Correctional Services

REPORT OF THE PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN 2020-2025, ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2020/21 OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, AND BUDGET VOTE 22: CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, DATED 3 JUNE 2020

 

The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services, having considered the Strategic Plan for 2020 – 2025 and Annual Performance Plan for 2020/21 of the Department of Correctional Services, and Vote 22 Correctional Services, reports as follows:

 

1. INTRODUCTION

 

1. On 14 May 2020, the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services re-tabled the Strategic Plan 2020-2025 and the Annual Performance Plan 2020/2021 (APP) of the Departmentof Correctional Services (DCS).

 

1. On 18 May 2020, the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, Mr Ronald Lamola, accompanied by the two Deputy Ministers, Inkosi Phathekile Holomisa (Correctional Services) and Mr John Jeffery (Justice and Constitutional Development), briefed the Committee on the political priorities that informed the plans.

 

1. On 20 May2020, the Committee was briefed by the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) on its Strategic Plan 2020-2025,Annual Performance Plan 2020/2021and the DCS’s budget allocation for the 2020 MTEF (Vote 22: Correctional Services).

 

1. Also on 20 May 2020, the Committee was briefed by theJudicial Inspectorate of Correctional Services’ (JICS) on its operational plan for 2020/21, which was introduced by the Inspecting Judge, Justice Edwin Cameron.

 

1. Both meetings took place by way of a virtual platform – MS Teams.

 

1. The DCS’s mandate is derived from the Correctional Services Act 111 of 1998, as well as the White Paper on Correctional Services (2005) and the White Paper on Remand Detention Management in South Africa (2014). The Act and policies inform all efforts towards achieving the safe and human detention of offenders and remand detainees, rehabilitation and social reintegration into the community.

 

1. The DCS’s planning documents are also informed by and, therefore, aligned with Medium-Term Strategic Framework (MTSF) 2019-2024, which is geared towards the implementation of the National Development Plan’s Vision 2030 (NDP).

 

 

1. POLITICAL OVERVIEW BY THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES

 

1. In his introductory remarks, the Minister apologised for the late submission of the DCS’ Strategic and Annual Performance Plans. He mentioned that the plans come at a time when South Africa is confronted with a pandemic that has redefined the way in which we live and work. Also, the ability to deliver on priorities will be curtailed by the advent of COVID-19: “There were challenges experienced in areas where there were none before and this required a paradigm shift in thinking”.

 

1. The Minister announced eight priorities which, despite their specificity to a particular department, all give expression to the ultimate outcome of an integrated justice system and an effective correctional system. These organisational priorities seek to give effect to the MTSF priorities of a ‘Capable, ethical and developmental state’, and ‘Social cohesion and safe communities’.

 

1. It is envisaged that all vacant posts will befilled in 2020/2021 to enhance the endeavour to build a capable state.

 

1. In addition, the findings of various oversight bodies, such as the Auditor-General, this Committee, SCOPA and the Special Investigations Unit, will be implemented. Over the years, the DCS has been subjected to several high profile investigations for maladministration and corruption and this has harmed its public image. The Minister committed, with the Department, to reverse this state of affairs by following through on the relevant SIU recommendations and ensuring that consequence management is implemented throughout the system. 

 

1. In this financial year, the Department intends to maintain an unqualified audit opinion with fewer findings, building towards a clean audit opinion in future years.

 

1. Some of the plans for 2020/21, include the following:

• Dealing decisively with corruption and fraud in the Department by completing investigations timeously.
• Approving an Integrated Human Resource Strategy and Master Information System Security Technology Plan.
• Managing overcrowding in correctional centres.
• Increasing the number of offenders participating in Occupational Skills and Educational Programmes.
• Ensuring that offenders have access to quality healthcare and arescreened for diseases, such as diabetes and hypertension.
• To have 99 percent of parolees and probationers that do not violate their conditions.
• Increasing economic opportunities for offenders, parolees and probationers and victims of crime.

 

1. A review of the parole system is underway. Overhauling the Correctional Services Act is key in this regard. In the interim, measures to minimise the risk of reoffending have been adopted. The Minister also reported that the backlog relating to parole-for-lifers has been cleared and,at present, cases are being dealt with on a month-to-month basis.

 

1. The Minister highlighted the need for society to engage in a debate about whether people who are sentenced to less than two years should be incarcerated in correctional facilities. The emerging evidence is that it is difficult to undergo rehabilitation in such a short space of time and incarceration may do more harm than good. The Minister also said that there should be collaboration within the criminal justice system on the revision of legislation relating to mandatory minimum sentencing and the duration of sentences imposed, bail protocols and provisions, eligibility for early release and non-custodial sentencing as an appropriate sanction. 

 

1. The Minister reported on the decision to release 19 000 low-risk offenders on parole to reduce overcrowding in correctional centres. The pandemic has highlighted the need to reduce the number of people incarcerated to a level that does not pose serious risks to the health and safety of officials, inmates and ultimately the communities into which offenders are released. Of the 19 000 inmates to be released, 14 393 of them are those who would have been released within the next two years and the remaining 4 530 would have been released within the next five years.

 

1. On 20 May 2020, the Deputy Minister: Correctional Servicesadded that the Department will not be ‘dumping’ the 19 000 parolees to be released on their families and society but there is a need to understand that corrections is also a societal responsibility.

 

1. The Minister mentioned that they are currently looking at a mechanism to deal with Awaiting Trial Detainees (ATDs) who have been granted bail but cannot afford it. This entails the implementation of section 63A of the Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977. 

 

 

1. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES’ STRATEGIC GOALS

 

1. The DCS’s mission is to contribute to a just, peaceful and safer South Africa through the effective and humane incarceration of inmates, and the rehabilitation and social reintegration of offenders. The DCS is committed to playing its role to ensure that the MTSF 2019-2024and the NDP’s strategic outcomes are achieved. The overarching goal is to build a safer South Africa where all people are and feel safe.

 

1. To this end the DCS has committed to ensuring that:

• Remand detention is effectively managed so that remand detainees attend court; are held in secure, safe and humane condition; and are provided with personal well-being programmes; while ATDs are provided with relevant services.
• All sentenced offenders are incarcerated in safe, secure and humane facilities and are provided with healthcare and effective rehabilitation programmes in line with their correctional sentence plans to enable their successful placement into society after their lawful release.
• Offenders, parolees and probationers are successfully reintegrated into society as law-abiding citizens through the provision of social reintegration programmes.

 

1. The DCS also highlighted the following priorities in the Development Agenda:

• Sustainable Development Goals.
• African Union Agenda 2063.
• National Development Plan 2030.
• Medium Term Strategic Framework.

 

 

1. OVERVIEW OF THE DCS BUDGET 2020 MTEF

 

1. The DCS will receive R26.8 billion in 2020/21. This is an increase of 6 percent or R1.5 billion from 2019/20.The allocation is projected to increase to R29.8 billion over the medium term (2022/23). Of the total allocation for 2020/21, 70 percent (or R18.7 billion) goes towards Compensation of Employees.

 

TABLE 1: SUMMARY OF ALLOCATION FOR 2020/21-2022/23

 

Source: Department of Correctional Services Presentation

 

1. The DCS budget is distributed across five programmes: Administration (R5.3 billion), Incarceration (R15.8 billion), Rehabilitation (R1.9 billion), Care (R2.4 billion) and Social Reintegration (R1.1billion).

 

1. As in the previous years, about 79 percent of the total allocation goes towards the Administration and Incarceration programmes. The Rehabilitation and Social Reintegration programmes, together, receive only 12 percent of the overall budget for 2020/21, while the Care programme receives nine percent (compared with 10 percent in 2019/20).

 

1. Despite a 5.6 percent average growth to the DCS budget, there have been baseline reductions over the medium term of R397.2 million (in 2020/21), R418.9 million (in 2021/22), and R308.1 million (in 2022/23). These cutsmainly affect the salaries budget.

 

1. Baseline cuts for Goods and Services from 2015/16 to 2022/23amount to R2.2 billion, putting immense pressure on the operational budgets of correctional centres and the Administration. The DCS has identified the following spending pressures: the ageing vehicle fleet last replenished in 2015; and consumables and municipal services, such as water and electricity bills, which increase at above macro rates.

 

1. For Capital Assets, baseline cuts between 2015/16 and 2022/23 amount to R889 million, affecting the infrastructure delivery programme that seeks to address overcrowding through construction and upgrading of correctional facilities.

 

1. The Judicial Inspectorate of Correctional Services receives a transfer from the Vote of R81.5 million in 2020/21, R85.9 million in 2021/22 and R90.1 million in 2022/23. 

 

1. According to its operational plan 2020/21, the JICS intends to conduct 136 inspections in the current financial year. However, this plan will be negatively impacted because of the COVID-19 regulations. In addition, a total of 36 Visitors’ Committee meetings were planned for the current financial year but are also affected. The JICS intends to conduct these meetings virtually.

 

 

1. OVERVIEW OF ALLOCATION PER PROGRAMME

 

1. PROGRAMME 1: ADMINISTRATION

 

1. The Administration programme provides for the functions that underpin the DCS’s service delivery. The programme has the following subprogrammes: Ministry, Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services (JICS), Management, Human Resources, Finance, Internal Audit, Information Technology and Office Accommodation.

 

1. An amount of R5.3 billion has been allocated to the Administration programme for the 2020/21 financial year. This is the second largest programme in terms of budget allocation, receiving 20 percent of the overall allocation to the Vote. The programme grows by 11 percent in nominal and 6.23 percent in real terms in 2020/21.

 

1. The allocation to sub-programmes, as percentage of the allocation to the Administration programme, is as follows: Finance - 26 percent or R1, 368 billion; Human Resources - 41 percent or R2.23billion; Management - 19 percent or R1.05 million; Information Technology - 6 percent or R335.9 million; Assurance Services - 2.8 percent or R152.5 million; Office Accommodation - 1.71 percent or R91.8 million; and the Ministry - 0.58 percent or R31.4 million. The Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services receives 1.52 percent or R81.5 million of the total allocation for the programme.

 

 

	2019/20 (R’000)	2020/21 (R’000)	Nominal % change	Real % change	Nominal Rand change	Real Rand change
Programme 1: Administration	4 817.7	5 343.1	10.91	6.23	525.4	300.2
Sub-programmes
Ministry	29.5	31.4	6.44	1.95	1.9	0.6
Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services	67.0	81.5	21.64	16.52	14.5	11.1
Management	979.2	1 050.7	7.30	2.78	71.5	27.2
Human Resources	2 003.0	2 230.5	11.36	6.66	227.5	133.5
Finance	1 238.2	1 368.8	10.55	5.89	130.6	72.9
Assurance Services	95.0	152.5	60.53	53.76	57.5	51.1
Information Technology	308.6	335.9	8.85	4.26	27.3	13.1
Office Accommodation	87.0	91.8	5.52	1.07	4.8	0.9

Table 2: Administration Programme

 

1. PROGRAMME 2: INCARCERATION

 

1. The Incarceration programme provides for services and physical infrastructure that support secure conditions of incarceration for inmates. The Incarceration programme has four (4) sub-programmes: Security Operations, Remand Detention; Facilities and Offender Management.

 

1. Being the largest DCS programme, the Incarceration programme is allocated an amount of R15.8 billion for 2020/21, an increase of 5.21 percent in nominal and 0.77 percent in real terms,compared to the previous financial year. The programme receives 59 percent of the total budget allocation to the Vote.A total of 73 percent (R11.55 billion) of the allocation for this programme goes towards Compensation of Employees.

 

1. The largest allocation under this programme goes to the Security Operations sub-programme which received R8.5 billion or 59 percent of the total allocation for the Incarceration programme. In contrast, the Remand Detention sub-programme receives only R802.8 million or five percent of the total allocation to the programme and is the smallest sub-programme. The allocation to the remaining sub-programmes is as follows: Facilities - R4.1 billion or26 percent;and Offender management - R2.4 billion or 15 percent.

 

	2019/20 (R’000)	2020/21 (R’000)	Nominal % change	Real % change	Nominal Rand Change (R’000)	Real Rand change (R’000)
Programme 2: Incarceration	15 039.2	15 822.6	5.21	0.77	783.4	116.5
Sub-programmes
Security Operations	8 278.8	8 478.0	2.41	-1.91	199.2	-158.1
Facilities	4 370.0	4 103.9	-6.09	-10.05	-266.1	-439.1
Remand Detention	597.0	802.8	34.47	28.80	205.8	172.0
Offender Management	2 290.6	2 438.0	6.43	1.95	147.4	44.6

Table 3: Incarceration Programme

 

1. PROGRAMME 3: REHABILITATION

 

1. The Rehabilitation programme provides for needs-based programmes and interventions to facilitate offender rehabilitation and eventual reintegration to society. It contains three sub-programmes: Correctional Programmes, Offender Development and Psychological, Social and Spiritual Services.

 

1. The Rehabilitation Programme is allocated an amount of R2.16 billion or eight percent of the overall allocation to the Vote.A total of 74 percent (R1.6 billion) of the allocation to the programme is for Compensation of Employees.The programme increases by 7.62 percentin nominal or 3.09 percent in real terms in 2020/21.

 

1. In terms of the allocations to sub-programmes, the largest allocation is to Offender Development (R1.13 billion or 52 percent); Psychological, Social and Spiritual programme (R565.2 million or 26 percent); and Correctional Programme (R465.5 million or 22 percent).

 

	2019/20 (R’000)	2020/21 (R’000)	Nominal % change	Real % change	Nominal Rand change (R’000)	Real Rand change (R’000)
Programme 3: Rehabilitation	2 010.9	2 164.2	7.62	3.09	153.3	62.1
Sub-programmes
Correctional Programmes	433.3	465.5	7.43	2.90	32.2	12.6
Offender Development	1 053.9	1 133.5	7.55	3.02	79.6	31.8
Psychological, Social and Spiritual Services	523.7	565.2	7.92	3.38	41.5	17.7

Table 4: Rehabilitation Programme

 

1. PROGRAMME 4: CARE

 

1. The Care programme provides for needs-based programmes and services aimed at maintaining the personal well-being of offenders. It contains two sub-programmes; Nutritional Services and Health and Hygiene Services.

 

1. The Care programme is allocated R2.3 billion for 2020/21, decreasing by -2.12 percent in nominal and -6.24 percent in real terms from 2019/20.This programme comprises nine percent of the total allocation to the Department in the 2020/21 financial year. Compensation of employees takes up 45 percent (R1.04 billion) of the total allocation to the programme.

 

1. The bulk of the budget for the programme is allocated to the Nutritional Services sub-programme (R1.3 billion). The remaining amount (R1.09 billion) is allocated to Health and Hygiene Services.

 

	2019/20 (R’000)	2020/21 (R’000)	Nominal % changes	Real % change	Nominal Rand change (R’000)	Real Rand change (R’000)
Programme 4: Care	2 444.6	2 392.8	-2.12	-6.24	-51.8	-152.6
Sub-programmes
Nutritional Services	1 437.5	1 300.4	-9.54	-13.35	-137.1	-191.9
Health & Hygienic Services	1 007.1	1 092.4	8.47	3.90	85.3	39.3

TABLE 5: CARE PROGRAMME

 

1. PROGRAMME 5: SOCIAL REINTEGRATION

 

1. The Social Reintegration programme provides for services focussed on offenders’ preparation for release; for the effective supervision of parolees; and for offenders’ reintegration into society upon their release. It consists of three sub-programmes: Supervision, Community Reintegration, and Office Accommodation (Community Corrections).

 

1. This programme is allocated R1.07 billion for the 2020/21 financial year, which is an increase in nominal terms of 7.25 percent in nominal or 2.73 percent in real terms, as compared to the previous financial year. This programme comprises only 4 percent of the total budget of the Department for 2020/21. An amount of 967.4 million or 90 percent of the programme’s budget is allocated to compensation of employees.

 

1. In terms of sub-programmes, the bulk of the allocation is directed towards Supervision (91 percent), followed by Community Reintegration (5 percent) and Office Accommodation: Community Corrections (4 percent).

 

	2019/20 (R’000)	2020/21 (R’000)	Nominal % Changes	Real % change	Nominal Rand change (R’000)	Real Rand change (R’000)
Programme 5: Social Reintegration	1 004.5	1 077.3	7.25	2.73	72.8	27.4
Sub-programmes
Supervision	914.4	978.3	6.99	2.48	63.9	22.7
Community Reintegration	51.2	57.7	12.70	7.95	6.5	4.1
Office Accommodation: Community Corrections	39.0	41.2	5.64	1.19	2.2	0.5

TABLE 6: SOCIAL REINTEGRATION PROGRAMME

 

1. Impact of COVID 19 on planning and resources

 

1. In order to address, prevent and combat the spread of COVID-19 in Correctional Centres and Remand Detention facilities, the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services issued directives in terms of Regulation 10(2)(a) promulgated in terms of the Disaster Management Act, 2002. These related to: restrictions regarding the placement, movement and release of inmates; referral of remand detainees to court for review of bail and consideration of length of detention; and communication between inmates and legal representatives.

 

1. Although the Department of Correctional Services submitted its Strategic Plan 2020 – 2025 and the Annual Performance Plan 2020/21 to Parliament, projected expenditure and planned targets will be significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Given the impact of COVID-19 on the country’s budget, National Treasury has indicated that it will submit an adjusted budget to Parliament.The Department of Planning Monitoring and Evaluation has also informed Departments that they will be able to revise their plans in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

1. The Department has also identified unavoidable additional/unbudgeted expenditure as a result of COVID-19 of R300 million. The funds will be spent, among others, on the recruitment of 300 professional nurses on a one-year contract to enhance primary health care; the procurement of temporary quarantine/isolation units required in a number of correctional centres; the procurement of preventative items and medical supplies such as N95 masks, surgical masks, gloves, surface and hand sanitisers, electronic thermometer scanners; and increased expenditure on Health Services (testing for COVID-19).  

 

 

1. COMMITTEE OBSERVATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

 

1. Self-sufficiency and skills development programmes. The Committee notes that the Department provides inmates with skills development programmes that include workshops and agricultural production. The Department is requested to provide the Committee with a report on what is being done with the products produced by inmates in correctional centres as part of these programmes.

 

1. Progress on Tzaneen Correctional Centre infrastructure project.The Committee notes that the Tzaneen Correctional Centre infrastructure project, which has been delayed for a considerable period, is targeted for completion in 2020/21. The Committee requests a progress report on the project. The report should also detail how long this project has been underway, the expected completion date and how much has been spent to dateThe Committee also asks that the Department provide the initial completion date and an explanation for the delay(s).

 

1. Reduced targets. The Committee notes the targets relating to the percentage of offenders with Correctional Sentence Plans (CSPs), percentage of offenders participating in Long Occupational Skills, as well as percentage of offenders participating in TVET College programmes. However, the Committee is concerned that the targets for some indicators are considerably reduced, specifically from98 percent (2018/19) to 80 percent (2020/21) for offenders participating in Long Occupational Skills; and from 97.84 percent (2018/19) to 80 percent (2020/21) for offenders participating in TVET College programmes. The Committee requests the Department to provide an explanation for the decrease in the targets.

 

1. Measures in response to COVID-19 pandemic. Attracting professional staff to work, in particular health care professionals, at the DCS has been a long-standing challenge. The Committee,therefore, welcomes the appointment of 300 health-care workers with another 300 to be appointed in the month of June 2020on contract, albeit that these appointments are in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

1. Review of parole system. The Committee welcomes the proposed review of the parole system as reported by the Minister in his political overview and urges the Department to expedite the necessary legislative amendments.

 

1. Reduction in the number of remand detainees. The Committee welcomes the Minister’s commitment to a mechanism to address the many Remand Detainees who are granted bail but remain in detention because they cannot afford to pay. The Committee believes that this mechanism (section 63A) should be more widely used as there are, according to the Minister, approximately 5000 awaiting trial detainees that are unable to afford bail, many of whom may be found not guilty in their criminal cases.The Minister is requested to expedite this process and the Committee asks that it be kept informed about progress made in finding a solution to this problem.

 

1. Early release of offenders on parole. The Committee notes that 19 000 inmates will be released on parole as part of measures to reduce overcrowding in correctional centres in response to the outbreak of COVID-19 in correctional facilities. The Committee is extremely concerned that the risks associated with early release are minimized. The Department, therefore, is urged to ensure that all those who qualify for early release on parole have undergone the relevant programmes and also to ensure that victims are notified.

 

1. Community Corrections. The Committee is also concerned about the ability of the Community Corrections system to effectively manage an additional 19 000 parolees. The Department is, therefore, requested to provide the Committee with detailed plans on the measures that it intends putting in place to ensure that Community Correctionsis able to manage the additional numbers.

 

1. Allegations of abuse of power. The Committee is seriously concerned about the alleged abuse of power by senior members of junior members in correctional centres. The Committee requests the Department to investigate all allegations made against senior members, especially in Johannesburg, Modderbee and any other centre where abuse is alleged and that it is kept informed of the progress of these cases.

 

1. Repositioning of theJudicial Inspectorate of Corrections. The Committee continues to support the repositioning of JICS in terms of its independence and its statutory mandate. The Committee, therefore, welcomes the undertaking by both the Minister and the Department that a bill is being processed to give effect to the Sonke Gender Justice judgement to establish and strengthen the independence of JICS.

 

1. Inspections of Correctional Centres. The Committee queried the targets set for inspections of correctional centres by JICS as being too low although the number of inspections has increased significantly compared to previous years. However, given the resources available to JICS, it cannot at this stage conduct inspection at all centres annually. The Committee was worried by JICS’ plans to conduct desktop inspections of correctional centres even though these will be followed by physical inspections once JICS is able to access centres. Still, the Committee remains concerned, as complaints typically requiresan independent investigation: a questionnaire that is filled in by officials may not be sufficiently objective. 

 

1. Access of the Independent Correctional Centre Visitors (ICCVs) to centres. The Independent Correctional Centres Visitors (ICCVs) have been unable to perform their duties in various correctional centres as JICS and ICCVs were not classified as essential services under the COVID-19 Regulations. The JICS informed the Committee that it is working with the National Commissioner to ensure that ICCVs are able to go back to work as soon as possible. The Committee requests that it is kept informed of progress and that JICS submits the plan to the Committee as soon as it is finalised.

 

1. Budget reductions. The Committee notes that Cabinet has approved budget reductions to the Department’s baseline of R397.2 million (in 2020/21), R418.9 million (in 2021/22), and R308 million (in 2022/23), which total R1.12 billion over the MTEF. The Department reported that the budgets cuts, in particular, put immense pressure on the operational budget. In addition to the baseline reductions for the 2020 MTEF, there are pendingreprioritizationsfor 2020/21 that will be made across all of government to address the COVID-19 pandemic. These will affect the plans of departments.Although the extent of the reprioritizations and the impact on the Department’s budget is not yet known, the Committeeurges the Department tobe innovative in finding ways to address some of its funding challenges. The Department’s goods and service budget is under strain. The Committee was told that the DCS has experienced difficulties in coming up with the funds for planned maintenance of correctional centres. The Committee believes that one avenue of savings that the Department could explore is that of making use of offenders who are already skilled or have benefitted from skills development programmes to do identified maintenance work. There are also artisans trained by the State Owned Enterprises who could be approached in this regard.

 

1. The Committee notes that the Department of Planning Monitoring and Evaluation has informed Departments that will be able to revise their plans once the adjustment appropriation bill is tabled in late June. The Committee will engage with both the adjusted budget and plans at the appropriate time.

 

 

1. Summary of reporting requests

 

1. For ease of reference, a summary of the issues raised is included below:

 

issues	Action
Self-sufficiency and skills development programmes: Details of programmes, including use of products.   [See paragraph 7.1]	Report
Tzaneen Correctional Centre infrastructure project   [See paragraph 7.3].	Progress report
Explanation for reduced targets: Long Occupational Skills and TVET College programmes   [See paragraph 7.3]	Report
Reduction in the number of Remand Detainees: Mechanism (section 63A)   [See paragraph 7.6].	Progress report
Community Corrections: Plan to manage additional numbers   [See paragraph 7.8].	Plan and progress report
Alleged abuse of power by senior members -Modderbee and Johannesburg CC [See paragraph 7.9].	Request to investigate   Progress report
Access by Independent Correctional Centre Visitors- Plans to ensure ICCVs go back to work [See paragraph 7.12].	Plan

 

 

1. Appreciation

 

1. The Committee wishes to thank the following for their assistance in this process:

 

1. The Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, Mr Ronald Lamola; the Deputy Ministers, InKosi Patekile Holomisa and Mr John Jeffery; and officials of the Ministry.

 

1. The National Commissioner, Mr Arthur Fraser, and the officials of the Department of Correctional Service.

 

1. The Inspecting Judge, Justice Edwin Cameron, and the officialsof JICS.

 

 

1. Recommendation

 

1. Having considered the Strategic Plan 2020-2025 and the Annual Performance Plan for 2020/21 of the Department of Correctional Services, the Committee supports the Plans and recommends that the National Assembly approve them.

 

1. Having considered Vote 22: Correctional Services, the Committee supports it and recommends that the National Assembly approve it.

 

 

Report to be considered.