Building a caring correctional system that truly belongs to all

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Building a caring correctional system that truly
belongs to all
Introduction to the Gauteng Regional Correctional
Supervision and Parole Board
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• Decision making procedures
• Decisions are made on the basis of documents
  available to the Board
• Profile report
• Police reports SAPS62 and SAPS 69
• Social workers report
• Psychologists report
• Unit Managers reports
• Sentence remarks
• Educationists report
• Religious workers reports
• External service providers report

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REHABILITATION PATH

• Manner the crime was committed and length of the
  sentence
• Taking Responsibility
• Show of Remorse
• Preparedness to meet victims
• Disciplinary offences
• Rehabilitation program and developmental
• Impact rehabilitation programs had
• Previous conviction and frequency
• Support system
• Employment offer
• Does the offender poses a risk to society
• Victims input
• Offenders familys input

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Involvement of victims The victim involvement
programme is not yet in full swing, but we have
had a few representations from victims at
Johannesburg. There is still a need for more
marketing to be done, and posters and pamphlets
are still to be obtained for distribution to
courts and police stations in the feeder area.
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ACHIEVEMENTS

• Orientation of 15 SAPS members
• Establishment of Inter-sectorial monthly meetings
• Offenders information sessions
• Meetings with Magistrates with regards to
  conversion of sentences
• COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
• Joint venture with Community Corrections in
  public information meetings
• Public schools L.O. periods
• Community members involvement in CPF
• STORIES
• Medical parole
• Ancestoral call

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Challenges
Victim participation must be increased at this
stage inputs are basically one-sided in favour of
the offender. No representation by the Department
of Justice yet. Departmental There is still a
disconnection between the Review Board and the
Parole Boards. Community Corrections
(correctional supervision)
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Thank you Building a caring correctional
system that truly belongs to all