1. CHILD JUSTICE BILL: Department of Correctional Services INDEX IBRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE ROLE OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES IISTATISTICS IIIPREPARATIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CHILD JUSTICE BILL IVBUDGET IMPLICATIONS

2. IBRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE ROLE OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES  The purpose of Correctional Services: *Enforcing sentencing of courts *Detention of all prisoners *Promotion of social responsibility and human development *Currently Correctional Services Amendment Act 14 of 1996 provides for children under 14 not to be detained in prison awaiting trial.

3. IISTATISTICAL ANALYSIS Prisoners in custody as on 31 December 2002 *Unsentenced prisoners= 56 459 *Sentenced prisoners= 128 655 *Total prisoner population= 185 114 *Total accommodation capacity= 110 874 *Percentage of overpopulation= 167% *Unsentenced children= 2 371 *Sentenced children= 1 765 (20 of whom are awaiting designation to Reformatories). *Total number of children= 4 136

4. Types of crime categories and numbers of children (unsentenced) *Economical= 986 *Aggressive= 1016 *Sexual= 283 *Narcotics= 15 *Other= 71 Types of crime categories and numbers of children (sentenced) *Economical= 766 *Aggressive= 668 *Sexual= 262 *Narcotics= 16 *Other= 53

5. Provinces according to the number of children (Unsentenced) *Kwazulu/Natal= 696 *Western Cape= 457 *Eastern Cape= 432 *Gauteng= 426 *Free State= 170 *Limpopo= 2 *Northern Cape= 57 *North West= 69 *Mpumalanga= 62 TOTAL= 2371 Provinces according to the number of children (Sentenced) *Kwazulu/Natal= 298 *Western Cape= 330 *Eastern Cape= 296 *Gauteng= 299 *Free State= 137 *Limpopo= 71 *Northern Cape= 129 *North West= 123 *Mpumalanga= 82 TOTAL= 1765

6. Average cycle time before awaiting trial children are sentenced – 126,33 days (± 4 months) Community Corrections Capacity *Correctional Supervision cases= 25 246 *Parole Supervision cases= 47 733 *Total Probationers and parolees in Community Corrections= 72 979 *Total children in Community Corrections System= 2 012 *Number of social workers= 163 *Number of monitoring officials= 1 173 *Others= 620 *Total= 1 956 *Number of Community Corrections Offices= 192 *Number of satellite = 152

7. IIIPREPARATIONS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BILL Release Preparations *Directives from Justice Community Corrections System *Establishment of satellite and sub-officers *Community participation *Marketing of Community Corrections *Training officials *Setting of conditions and parent involvement Restorative Justice *Adaptation and launching of Restorative Justice approach by Correctional Services during 2001. *Establishment of a Task Team *Awareness raising campaigns *Training of officials *Victim-Offender Mediation Protocol *National Conference by the South African Justice, Crime Prevention and Social Cluster partners.

8. IVBUDGET IMPLICATIONS The current budget allocations for D.C.S amounts to R7.026 billion The per capita cost of incarceration amount to R97.75 per prisoner per day (personnel inclusive) The direct cost of incarceration (Personnel exclusive) amounts to R8.20 per day The per capita of community corrections (Personnel exclusive) amounts to R2.75 per day The total current budget provision for children in detention amount to R148.7 million which represents a 2.1% of our Total budget allocation The current number of children in prison 4136

9. Projected Savings 20 Percent reduction of sentenced and Unsentenced children 20% Increase in Community Corrections Services2002/20032003/20042004/20052005/2006 Detention of unsentenced children 85 02268 018 Children serving sentence 62 97350 378 Correctional Supervision 730876 Total Financial Implication 148 725119 272 Total Financial Implication with 6% Inflation 148 725126 428134 014142 055

10. Nominal Savings (Personnel inclusive) ServicesExpected Reduction 2003/2004 R’000 2004/2005 R’000 2005/2006 R’000 5% reduction in child prisoners -2077 6968 0048 324 10% reduction in child prisoners -4151539216 00816 648 20% reduction in child prisoners -83030 78332 01433 295 50% reduction in child prisoners -207476 95880 03683 237 Please note: These calculations is based on a per capita cost of 97.75 per prisoner per day with a 4% provision for inflation

11. Real Saving (Personnel exclusive) ServicesExpected Reduction 2003/2004 R’000 2004/2005 R’000 2005/2006 R’000 5% reduction in child prisoners -207646672699 10% reduction in child prisoners -4151 2911 3431 397 20% reduction in child prisoners -8302 5822 6852 792 50% reduction in child prisoners -20746 4556 7136 982 Please note: These calculations is based on a per capita cost of 8.20 per prisoner per day with a 4% provision for inflation