OFFENDER REHABILITATION PATH 8 SEPTEMBER 2010 PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE

OFFENDER REHABILITATION

PATH

8 SEPTEMBER 2010

PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE

1

PURPOSE OF PRESENTATION

• To provide Portfolio Committee with overview of progress made regarding Rehabilitation and Reintegration Programmes in Department of Correctional Services

2

ESSENCE OF OFFENDER REHABILITATION PATH

• Process of what happens to offender from point of entry (admission) into correctional centre to point of reintegration into society (social reintegration)

3

Offender Rehabilitation Path

ADMISSION

• All offenders orientated upon admission• Re-integration official explore all possibilities w r t

placement / release (fines, bail, etc)

• Total number of sentenced offenders admitted2008/2009 – 611492009/2010 - 79004

• Offenders serving 0 – 24 months2008/2009 – 394482009/2010 - 49895

• Offenders serving longer than 24 months (Correctional Service Amendment Act No. 25 of 2008)2008/2009 – 205092009/2010 – 28164 5

ASSESSMENT / CLASSIFICATION / PROFILING• Initially – Comprehensive Assessment Team (CAT) –

Psychologists, Social Workers, Educators, Health Care Workers, Spiritual Care Workers, Social Reintegration Official, Security Official– Challenge – shortage of staff in these categories

• Re-strategise– Correctional Assessment Officials– Correctional Intervention Officials

• Reworked assessment tool– 2007/08 : 12 Master Trainers trained on assessment,

profiling, classification and correctional sentence plan– 2007/08 – 2008/09 : 6170 officials trained in Unit

Management– 2008/09 :1250 members of Case Management

Committee (CMC) Trained6

CORRECTIONAL SENTENCE PLANS (CSP)

• CMC approves CSP• CSPs compiled for following categories offenders serving

sentences longer than 24 months in 2009/10:

– 25324 newly admitted offenders - approved CSPs– 15900 offenders with parole consideration dates –

approved CSPs– Estimated backlog of 53 614 without CSPs reduced with

11492 (21.4%)

• Following achievement recorded in first quarter of 2010/11:

– 4135 newly admitted offenders - approved CSPs– 4416 offenders with parole consideration dates -

approved CSPs– Backlog reduced by 3144 7

DELIVERY ON CORRECTIONAL SENTENCE PLANS

• 121 interim Correctional Interventions Officials (CIO) identified nationally to deliver Correctional Programmes

• CIOs not formally appointed or trained – lead to fragmented implementation of correctional programmes

• Selected interns trained as facilitators to present correctional programmes - pilot at Pretoria management area – launched 8 February 2010

• The project is being evaluated with the intention to roll it out to other regions as well.

• Interns’ contract to expire (1 - August; 2 - Sept; 3 - March)8

DELIVERY ON CORRECTIONAL SENTENCE PLANS

• 2009/2010 : 48,396 offenders out of an average of 114 000 offender population (42%) completed correctional programmes based on statistics for 5 programmes

• 2010/2011 : (first quarter) 15,650 offenders out of an average of 112 000 sentenced offender population (13%) (based on statistics for seven programmes presented by DCS officials as well as external service providers)

• 2010/11 – developing a correctional programme addressing economic crimes – theft related

• 2008/2009 : 168 784 attendances at spiritual care sessions – In 2009/2010 including 1st Quarter 2010/11 it was 231 324

9

DELIVERY ON CORRECTIONAL SENTENCE PLANS

Social Work Services : 2008/2009 : 116115 sessions - sessions include individual and group work interventions 21089 attendances by special category offenders in existing Social Work programmes

1st Quarter 2010/11 : 5087 offenders involved in programmes provided by external service providers

2009/2010 – 102636 Social Work Sessions

1st Quarter 2010/11 : 28100 Social Work Services sessions

10

DELIVERY ON CORRECTIONAL SENTENCE PLANS

Psychological Services

2007/08 - 28 psychologists - reached 13 034 sentenced offenders

2008/09 - 22 psychologists reached 9 073 sentenced offenders

2009/10 - 34 psychologists reached 9932 sentenced offenders

1st Quarter 2010/11 – 39 psychologists reached 1485 sentenced offenders

11

DELIVERY ON CORRECTIONAL SENTENCE PLANS

Health Care Services :

•Twenty-eight (28) Pharmacists and Community Service Pharmacists allocated to Departmental Pharmacies – impact on Pharmaceutical Services which form part of Primary Health Care - resulted in utilization of private pharmacies as figures for Pharmacists decreased from 33 in 2009/10 to 28 in 2010/11•Seventy-five (75) correctional officials trained in Environmental Hygiene Supervision•Various health care programmes (e.g. management of communicable and non- communicable diseases) implemented in 90% Management Areas

12

DELIVERY ON CORRECTIONAL SENTENCE PLANS

HIV and AIDS :

2008/2009Awareness sessions conducted - 13 133Offenders on ARV treatment - 5 708Offenders tested for HIV antibodies - 40 167Offenders tested positive - 8 937

Due to HIV counseling and testing drives conducted number ofoffenders tested during 2009/10 increased

Awareness sessions conducted - 9 919Offenders on ARV treatment - 8 576Offenders tested for HIV antibodies - 45 887Offenders tested positive - 11 245

13

DELIVERY ON CORRECTIONAL SENTENCE PLANS

HIV and AIDS

2010/2011 - 1st Quarter– Awareness sessions - 2 836– Offenders on ARV treatment - 8576– Offenders tested for HIV - 13 355– Offenders tested positive - 1 969

Sport, Recreation, Arts & Culture (SRAC)– SRAC programmes in all correctional centres for

leisure time utilization, sport, recreation arts & culture– 2009/10 : 127293 attendance by offenders in sport and

recreation programmes – 144 538 attendance by offenders in sport and

recreation programmes 1st quarter of 2010/11 (sentenced and unsentenced)

14

DELIVERY ON CORRECTIONAL SENTENCE PLANSFormal Education • 2008/2009 : 15 319 offenders participated• 2009/2010 : 22 173 offenders participated• 2010/2011 : 21 612 offenders participated

(First Quarter/• Adult Basic Education and Training (ABET) learners

complete their course in June therefore, second intake of ABET learners in July and totals will reflect different at end of September

15

DELIVERY ON CORRECTIONAL SENTENCE PLANSSkills Development2009/2010 : 45 891 participated2010/2011 (1st Quarter) : 19 132 participated

Skills Utilization

Year Production Workshops Agriculture

Number of offenders utilized per day

2009/2010 1745 2905

2010/2011 (1st Quarter)

1743 2909

Offender Work Opportunities

2009/2010 Quarterly Ave : 35 599 Total : 142 396

2010/2011 (First Quarter)

31 77816

Offender Rehabilitation Path

Offender 2. Admission at community corrections

3. Re-assessment/ Alignment of existing correctional sentence plan

4. Implementation of correctional sentence plan

(continuation of existing CSP)

5. Monitoring and

evaluation REC (6

monthly progress &

Re-classification

)

6. Release (Sentence expiry date)

1. Pre-admission -

PLACEMENT OF THE OFFENDER ON CORRECTIONAL/PAROLE SUPERVISION FROM

CORRECTIONAL CENTRE

18

19

NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS

Types of Admission into Community Corrections

2007/08 2008/09 2009/10

276 (1) (h) – Correctional Supervision sentence

7431 7847 7872

276 (1) (i) – Sentence converted to C/Supervision

4334 4778 5482

287 (4) (a) – Fines less than 5 years

10503 11524 9989

287 (4) (b) – Fines 5 years and longer

58 56 42

Parolees 30178 33694 20583

20

ALIGNMENT OF THE CORRECTIONAL SENTENCE PLAN

• Admission Risk Classification Tool has been developed The purpose of this tool is to identify the risk of the

offender at the time of admission; and To determine the level of supervision required

• Assessment tool has been developedThe purpose of this tool is to identify the needs of the

offender at the time of admission

21

CONTINUATION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF CORRECTIONAL SENTENCE PLAN

Monitor adherence to conditions:

Types of monitoring actions

2007/08 2008/09 2009/10

Physical visits at home

1 659 724 1 724 892 1 513 420

Visits at community service institutions

91 648 112 231 114 005

Community Service hours

1 501 777 1 800 256 1 505 133

Office consultations

509 507 545 277 511 92822

MONITORING AND EVALUATION Case review conducted at least every six months - includes amongst others:• Level of supervision• Reports from external agencies

Level of supervision

2007/08 2008/09 2009/10

Phase I 17 944 18 806 21 213

Phase II 16 439 16 851 17 153

Phase III 9 984 11 265 12 017

Phase IV 4 467 5 541 6 427

Phase V 2 120 2 926 4 319

23

RELEASE

Types of releases 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10

Probationers 19820 19469 16 944

Parolees 21598 21464 20 165

24

WAY FORWARD• Overcrowding in Correctional Centres to be further down

managed• Capacitating Case Management structures to be prioritised

(Case Management Committee, Correctional Assessment Officials, Correctional Intervention Officials, Reintegration Assessment Teams, Reintegration Evaluation Committee)

• Structure and function alignment to be finalised • Impact of implementation of the various shift systems on

structured day programme/activities to be evaluated• Optimal utilisation of resources, including facilities to render

programmes • Appropriate utilization of professional staff• Intensive efforts to locate victims of crime for victim-offender

mediation processes

25

26