Presentation to the Portfolio Committee

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Presentation to the Portfolio Committee
South African Custodial Management

• 13 August 2002
• Kutama Sinthumule Maximum Security Prison

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Index

• Mission Statement
• Contracting Entity
• 2.1 Operating contract
• Design and Construction Phase
• 3.1 The need of society / government
• 3.2 The needs of prisoners
• 3.3 The needs of staff
• 3.4 Empowerment
• 3.5 Training

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Index

• 4. Operational Phase
• 4.1 Staff
• 4.2 Empowerment
• 4.3 Security
• 4.4 Health Care
• 4.5 Programmes

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1. Mission Statement

• To hold all prisoners in conditions of security,
  safety and respect while caring for their
  individual needs, challenging their offending
  behaviour and assisting them to change their
  lifestyles, during their custody and after their
  release

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2. Contracting Entity

• Schedule of equity ownership and voting rights of
  the contract

Wackenhut Corrections (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Kensani Corrections
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50
South African Custodial Services (Pty) Ltd Louis
Trichardt
Equity Distribution R53 Million
Voting Rights are proportionate to the share
holding
R26,5M Kensani
R26,5M WCC
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2.1 Operating Contract
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3. Design and Construction Phase

• Effective date 16 August 2002
• Construction time 18 months
• Contractual opening date 19 February 2002
• Capacity of the facility - 3024
• Cost of the building R345 million

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Construction philosophy

• Needs of society/government
• Rehabilitation, development and security
• Needs of staff
• Safe working environment
• Environment that contributes to minimum pressure
  and stress
• Pride in him/herself
• Enablement

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• Needs of prisoners
• Humane care
• Human dignity
• Mutual respect
• Constitutional rights
• International minimum standards
• Empowerment
• Net capital amount R345m
• Empowerment obligation 25 R86.33m
• Previously disadvantaged enterprise R21,57m
• Local enterprise R32.38m
• Affirmable business enterprise - R32,38m
• Previously disadvantaged enterprises R210m

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• Training
• 1450 people daily 80 PDE
• 690 qualified as artisans 100 PDE
• 760 skilled laborers
• 30 of laborers and artisans women
• R8m spent on salaries and wages of PDEs

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Operational Phase
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4.1 Staff

• 517 staff
• 6 week training period job specific will be
  followed by multi-skilled training
• All the best practices around the world were
  harnessed, refined and transformed for South
  African conditions
• Highly professional team who stand tall and proud
  and are ready and able to meet the challenges of
  the correctional environment

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4.2 Empowerment

• 91 of the staff are previously disadvantaged
  individuals (PDI)
• 85 of the managers in control of the prison are
  PDIs
• 46 of the staff are women
• 1 of the staff are disabled people
• 80 of the staff are from Louis Trichardt and
• 79 of the services provided to the prison are
  provided by PDEs

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4.3. Security

• Focus of incarceration is not to punish the
  prisoner but to keep him in safe custody
• To serve his sentence
• To contribute to the safety and security of
  society by securing the safe custody of all
  prisoners
• Staff are trained to create an environment that
  secures and supports
• The Constitutional Rights
• Humane care
• Human dignity of all prisoners in our care

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4.3. Security

• Contractual mechanisms to ensure the above
  mentioned
• The cession contract between government and SACS
• The controller to enforce the contract
• The independent prisoner visitors
• Inspecting judge
• Prisoner committee consisting of community
  leaders
• Facility where complaints, corruption and
  criminal activities could be registered

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4.3. Security

• Prison is fully computerised and electronically
  operated
• Operated from a central control room which gives
  certain functions to a number of sub-control
  rooms
• Daily activities of staff and prisoners are
  electronically monitored and recorded to enhance
  the security envelope and for training purposes
• No staff is allowed to bring any packages, food,
  personal items etc. into the prison
• Staff lockers are provided
• Staff meals are provided in the cafeteria

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4.4. Health Care

• Provides a comprehensive primary health care
  service
• Health care is provided according to the
  principles of national and international health
  care policies
• Health care unit consists of
• 50 bed accommodation
• X-ray department
• Dental department
• Pharmacy
• Emergency room

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4.4. Health Care

• Two SACM medical officers provide a 24 hour
  medical service
• Medical officers develop and monitor individual
  nursing plans for prisoners having special needs
  including those diagnosed with HIV
• On admission a full medical assessment is
  conducted including an immediate full risk
  assessment

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4.4. Health Care

• Education and training in health care starts at
  admission and is a continual process until his
  release
• Prisoners have unimpeded access to all medical
  services
• Health care staff adheres to a comprehensive
  quality improvement program that supports the
  provision of health care to the prison

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4.5. Programmes

• Rehabilitation, development enable prisoners to
  positively integrate into society
• Rehabilitation and development forms part of our
  core business
• Transfer social skills to enable him to adapt and
  understand the values and norms of society
• Through educational and industrial programmes
  enable him to provide for himself and participate
  in the economic activities of South Africa

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4.5. Programmes

• Prison operates along a structured day programme
  which defines every minute of the day for
  prisoners
• His prison sentence is viewed as an opportunity
  which enables the prisoners and the staff to
  constructively prepare him for his release
• This places the emphasis on the fact that the
  release of a prisoner starts on admission

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4.5. Programmes

• A number of programmes are provided for, e.g,
• Educational programmes
• Abet
• Grade 12
• Occupational Skills Industries
• Industries
• Workshops, etc.
• Personal Development programmes
• Social work services
• Psychological services
• Religious care
• Library
• Life skills, etc.

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Thank You