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WESTERN CAPE REGION

WESTERN CAPE REGION. BRIEFING TO THE PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON CORRECTIONAL SERVICES. PRESENTED BY: MR B GXILISHE REGIONAL COMMISSIONER WESTERN CAPE. GEOGRAPHICAL VIEW. REGIONAL STRUCTURE. Management Areas: Ten (10) Allandale Brandvlei Drakenstein Goodwood Helderstroom Malmesbury

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WESTERN CAPE REGION

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  1. WESTERN CAPE REGION BRIEFING TO THE PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON CORRECTIONAL SERVICES PRESENTED BY: MR B GXILISHE REGIONAL COMMISSIONER WESTERN CAPE

  2. GEOGRAPHICAL VIEW

  3. 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.

  4. 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

  5. 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)

  6. 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 1:5 (inclusive of all admin, support & professional staff)

  7. OVERCROWDING

  8. OVERCROWDING cont.

  9. OVERCROWDING (Cont.) JUVENILES

  10. SECURITY AND SAFETY OF INMATES ESCAPES (January – mid August 2004) ASSAULTS (January – mid August 2004) DEATHS (January –mid August 2004)

  11. Statistics INVOLVEMENT OF OFFENDERS IN EDUCATION

  12. INVOLVEMENT IN PRODUCTION WORKSHOPS Statistics

  13. 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.

  14. 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.

  15. 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.

  16. HEALTH OF INMATES (Cont.) HIV/AIDS & TB Statistics Jan-Jun 2004

  17. PERSONNEL COMPOSITION

  18. COMPOSITION OF PROFESSIONAL STAFF IN REGION • Educationist: Formal education: 88 Skills development: 51 Total 139 • Psychologist 4 • Social workers 103 • Chaplains 4 • Nurses 125

  19. 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

  20. LABOUR RELATIONS (Discipline of members) STATISTICS: DISCIPLINARY CASES: FEB- JUN 2004 AREA FEBRMARCH 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 08 • 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

  21. TRAINING OF PERSONNEL TRAINING INTERVENTIONS (April – August 2004)

  22. TRAINING OF PERSONNEL (Cont.) TRAINING INTERVENTION PLANNED

  23. TRAINING OF PERSONNEL (Cont.) ROLL-OUT PLAN: TRAINING OF OFFICIALS IN CORRECTIONAL SERVICES ACT & REGULATIONS • All Area Commissioners • Senior Officials at Regional Commissioner’s 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

  24. ANTI-CORRUPTION • Strategic Management of anti-corruption interventions based on a National Risk management Plan. • Each Management Area has it’s 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.

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