ANNEXURE TO BRIEFING TO THE PARLIAMENTARY PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON THE CHILD JUSTICE BILL; AND INTER-SECTORAL CO-ORDINATION OF SERVICE DELIVERY THROUGH THE INTER-SECTORAL CHILD JUSTICE STEERING COMMITTEE (ISCCJ)

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ANNEXURE TO BRIEFING TO THE PARLIAMENTARY
PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON THE CHILD JUSTICE BILL
AND INTER-SECTORAL CO-ORDINATION OF SERVICE
DELIVERY THROUGH THE INTER-SECTORAL CHILD JUSTICE
STEERING COMMITTEE (ISCCJ)

• DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND CONSTITUTIONAL
  DEVELOPMENT
• 11 March 2008

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Diversion statistics from NPA
  NATIONAL OVERVIEW LOWER COURTS NATIONAL OVERVIEW LOWER COURTS NATIONAL OVERVIEW LOWER COURTS
  ADR ADR ADR
  DiversionJuveniles DiversionAdult TOTAL
April 07 - Mar 08 PROGRESS ALL LOWER COURTS (Additional Courts included) PROGRESS ALL LOWER COURTS (Additional Courts included) PROGRESS ALL LOWER COURTS (Additional Courts included)
APR'07 1726 1691 3417
MAY'07 1817 2418 4235
JUN'07 1319 2029 3348
JUL'07 1597 1985 3582
AUG'07 1751 1889 3640
SEPT'07 1430 2687 4117
OCT'07 1646 3022 4668
NOV'07 1604 2844 4448
DEC'07 1249 1994 3243
AVE p/m 1571 2284 3855
TOTAL p/a 14139 20559 34698

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Children in detention in Correctional Facilities
as on 2 September 2007
PROVINCE 4 April 2007 4 April 2007 4 May 2007 4 May 2007 30 June 2007 30 June 2007 2 September 2007 2 September 2007 2 September 2007
PROVINCE Children awaiting trial Longer than 90 days (3 months) Children awaiting trial Longer than 90 days (3 months) Children awaiting trial Longer than 90 days (3 months) Children awaiting trial Longer than 90 days (3 months)
Western Cape 248 54 220 52 229 47 246 63
Northern Cape/ Free State 133 31 146 44 103 38 191 53
Limpopo/ Mpumalanga/ North-West 51 12 44 14 24 10 30 6
KwaZulu-Natal 303 86 310 81 318 94 356 100
Gauteng 184 64 185 68 196 66 137 40
Eastern Cape 255 61 271 63 278 85 319 101
TOTAL 1174 308 1176 322 1148 340 1279 363
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Statistics Trends of numbers of children
arrested and charged
April 2007 May 2007 June 2007 July 2007 August 2007 Septem-ber 2007 Total
Male 9 104 9 323 8 654 9 471 10 313 10 494 57 359
Female 1 025 1 056 1 009 1 004 1 138 1 162 6 394
Total country-wide 10 129 10 379 9 663 10 475 11 451 11 656 63 753
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Numbers of children arrested
Provinces Numbers of children arrested and charged (SAPS) September 2007 Numbers of children arrested and charged (SAPS) September 2007 Numbers of children arrested and charged (SAPS) September 2007
Provinces 7 to 13 14 to 17 Total
Eastern Cape 132 1509  1641
Free State   52 626  678
Gauteng  181 2400  2581
KwaZulu-Natal   137 1468  1605
Limpopo  50 719 769
Mpumalanga  44 632  676
Northern Cape  43 487  530
North West 36  609   645
Western Cape  185 2345  2530
TOTAL  860 10 796  11 656
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Children in Courts
 June to August 2007 CRIMINAL COURT CRIMINAL COURT    
  Accused under 18yrs Accused under 18yrs  Children going through Childrens Courts    Children going through Childrens Courts  
  1.12.1 1.12.2 10.4 10.5
PROVINCE District court Regional court Children found in need of care Children placed in foster care
Total Eastern Cape 2303 155 599 699
Total Free State 1028 111 1159 919
Total Gauteng 1183 233 1715 2011
Total Limpopo Province 1227 318 1006 1352
Total Mpumalanga 963 182 488 783
Total North West 1088 280 568 861
Total Northern Cape 1045 207 120 141
KwaZulu-Natal NA NA 2 924 2 690
Total Western Cape 4215 149 601 444
GRAND TOTAL 13 052 1 635 9 180 9 900
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Children in Criminal Courts
  CRIMINAL COURT CRIMINAL COURT    
  June to August 2006 Accused under 18yrs June to August 2006 Accused under 18yrs June to August 2007 Accused under 18 yrs June to August 2007 Accused under 18 yrs
  1.12.1 1.12.2 1.12.1 1.12.2
PROVINCE District court Regional court District court Regional court
Total Eastern Cape 2 139 19 2303 155
Total Free State 568 144 1028 111
Total Gauteng 1 447 99 1183 233
Total Limpopo Province 748 107 1227 318
Total Mpumalanga 851 133 963 182
Total North West 203 61 1088 280
Total Northern Cape 214 63 1045 207
KwaZulu-Natal NA at time of reporting NA at time of reporting NA NA
Total Western Cape 4 579 185 4215 149
GRAND TOTAL 10 749 811 13 052 1 635
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Children sentenced to direct imprisonment, in
Correctional Facilities as on 17 September 2007
Gender Crime Categ. lt 13 years old 13 years old 14 years old 15 years old 16 years old 17 years old Total under 18 years
All gen- ders Economical 0 2 6 31 83 194 316
Aggressive 1 0 4 27 100 244 376
Sexual 0 0 1 9 29 65 104
Narcotics 0 0 0 1 8 6 15
Other 0 0 0 0 9 22 31
All crimes total 1 2 11 68 229 531 842
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Children in Community Corrections and on Parole
Supervision
Number of Cases Article Grouping    
Provinces Correctional Supervision Parole Supervision Grand Total
EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE 231 48 279
FREE STATE PROVINCE 274 39 313
GAUTENG PROVINCE 180 31 211
KWAZULU/NATAL PROVINCE 358 105 463
LIMPOPO PROVINCE 100 18 118
MPUMALANGA PROVINCE 132 25 157
NORTH WEST PROVINCE 220 11 231
NORTHERN CAPE PROVINCE 110 9 119
WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE 249 29 278
Grand Total 1854 315 2169

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Department of Social Development
April to June 2007 July to 7 November 2007
Numbers of children in Secure Care Facilities awaiting trial 4 029 3 820
Numbers of children assessed 5 633 2 944
Numbers of children in Home-based Supervision, used as both an alternative placement to those children awaiting trial and as non-custodial sentence 1 066 433
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Department of Social Development
April to June 2007 July to 7 November 2007
Numbers of children in Secure Care Facilities 4 029 3 820
Numbers of children assessed 5 633 2 944
Numbers of children in Home-based Supervision 1 066 433
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Children in detention in Correctional Facilities
as on 17 September 2007, totals and Nature of
Crimes
Gender Crime Categ. lt 13 years old 13 years old 14 years old 15 years old 16 years old 17 years old Total under 18 years
All gen- ders Economical 0 0 15 52 116 198 381
Aggressive 0 0 7 70 174 346 597
Sexual 0 0 6 20 52 108 186
Narcotics 0 0 1 1 4 2 8
Other 0 0 3 4 17 17 41
All crimes total males 0 0 32 147 363 671 1213
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