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Strategic Plan 2013/2014 – 2016/20171

Strategic objectivesStrategicOutcomeOriented GoalsValuesVision and MissionDevelopmentVision:IntegrityProviding the bestCorrectional Servicesfor a safer SouthAfricaAdministration1. Building organisational capacity for enhanced servicedelivery2. Effective management ofbusiness processes to promotegood governance and ethicaladministration3. Provide a secured ICT infrastructure and business systems4. Professionalising for effectivehuman resource managmentand developmentIncarceration1. Effective management of remand detention processes topromote and enable participation in court processes2. Remand detainees and offenders are held in secure, safe andhumane conditions3. Effective case managementprocessGOAL 1Effectivecriminal justicethrough the effective management of remandprocessesUbuntuMission:Rehabilitation1. Effective incarceration and rehabilitation to protect society2. Offender behaviour is corrected through access to correctional programmes and psychological, social and spiritualservices3. Offenders human developmentis improved through literacy,education and skills competency programmes4. Reduced re-offending to contribute to a safer South AfricaGOAL 2Society is protected throughincarceratedoffenders being secure andrehabilitatedSocial Reintegration1. Probationers and parolees arerehabilitated; monitored andaccepted as law abiding citizens by the communities2. Offenders are provided withaccess to restorative justiceprocesses3. Effective management andfunctioning of the ParoleBoards2AccountabilityJusticeSecurityCare1. Inmates are provided with appropriate nutritional services2. Inmates are provided withappropriate access to healthservices3. Inmates are provided with appropriate hygiene servicesEffectivenessEquityGOAL 3Society isprotected byoffenders beingreintegrated intothe communityas law abidingcitizensDepartment of Correctional ServicesContributing to ajust, peaceful andsafer South Africathrough effectiveand humaneincarcerationof inmates,rehabilitation andsocial reintegrationof offenders

Department of Correctional ServicesStrategic Plan2013/2014 – 2016/2017Strategic Plan 2013/2014 – 2016/20173

Table of ContentsForeword by the Minister of Correctional Services5Official Sign Off7Part A: Strategic Overview81.2.3.4.8VisionMissionValuesLegislative and other Mandates8884.1 Constitutional Mandates84.2 Legislative Mandates84.3 Policy Mandates94.4 Relevant Court Rulings94.5 Planned Policy Initiatives95. Situational Analysis105.1 Performance Environment105.2 Organisational Environment135.3 Description of the Strategic Planning Process146. Strategic Outcome Oriented Goals14Part B: Strategic Objectives16Programme 1: Administration16Programme 2: Incarceration17Programme 3: Rehabilitation17Programme 4: Care18Programme 5: Social Reintegration19Resource considerations19Risks21Performance Indicator Projections: 2013/2014 - 2016/201725Technical Indicator Descriptions per Performance Indicator33Part C: Links to Other Plans55Acronyms554Department of Correctional Services

Foreword by the Minister ofCorrectional Services, MinisterSibusiso NdebeleAs part of the JCPS cluster, the key focus area ofthe department is “the fight against crime andcorruption”. We have to ensure that all people inSouth Africa are, and feel, safe. The DCS recentlyreviewed its vision, mission, values, strategic goalsand strategic objectives. The budget programmestructures, as approved during 2012, remainunchanged, and the plan meets the requirementsof the Medium-Term-Expenditure Framework.This Strategic Plan provides a new approach onhow the DCS will be contributing to maintaining,and protecting, a just, peaceful and safe society.We have declared 2013 as “The Year of theCorrectional Official”. As stated in the WhitePaper on Corrections, corrections is a multi-facetedprofession which requires knowledge of socialwork, psychology, nursing, pharmacology, healthand theology. The ideal Correctional Official shouldembody the values that the DCS hopes to instill inthe offender, as it is this official who is to assistand facilitate the rehabilitation processes of theoffender. An attitude of serving with excellence, aprincipled way of relating to others and, above all,a just and caring attitude are essential ingredientsof the behaviour of a Correctional Official. Thereare more risks for a Correctional Official than mostjobs. The population that they work with in theprison system is much more dangerous than thegeneral public. Although education and trainingare required to work in this environment, just onelittle mistake can be very risky for a CorrectionalOfficial. A Correctional Official prepares inmatesfor successful rehabilitation, re-entry andreintegration.Minister of Correctional Services,Mr Sibusiso Ndebele, MPHistory teaches us one clear lesson: freedom willnot last unless it’s coupled with order. Order canexist without freedom, but freedom can neverexist without order. That freedom and ordermay co-exist, it is essential that freedom shouldbe exercised under authority and order shouldbe enforced by authority. The enforcement oforder should always be guided by the principle oflegality, necessity and proportionality.A formal prison system was introduced in SouthAfrica 102 years ago with the promulgation ofthe Prisons and Reformatories Act, Act 13 of1911. The interim Constitution of the country,introduced in 1993, embodied the fundamentalrights of the country’s citizens, including that ofoffenders. This resulted in the introduction of ahuman rights culture into the correctional system,and the strategic direction of the Department ofCorrectional Services (DCS) was to ensure thatincarceration entailed safe and secure custodyunder humane conditions.In 2007, both the Democrats and Republicans inthe United States sponsored a unique legislativeproposal to expand re-entry services for peopleleaving prison and returning to society. TheSecond Chance Act repudiates the notion that thereduction of recidivism is best achieved throughdeterrents alone, and calls for the delivery ofservices to former prisoners not in a minimal orgrudging way but in a systematic, progressivefashion. It is a re-entry movement that could beclassified as therapeutic jurisprudence, restorativejustice and to some extent victims’ rights. Itprovides programmes and services that will aidrehabilitation efforts and encourage positiveparticipation in society upon release. We can learnmuch from the Second Chance Act, and we wantto pilot programmes based on these principles.Together with the Victim-Offender Dialogues,the department will ensure that rehabilitationprogrammes impact the hearts, heads and handsof offenders. We are working towards turningour correctional centres into learning centres,and we want offenders to read, read, read, study,study, study and work, work, work. The DCS willreinforce corrections programmes through music,Strategic Plan 2013/2014 – 2016/20175

reading for redemption, creative literature, thearts, cultural events, heritage renewal events,sporting events, formal education and acquisitionof skills, economic renewal through cooperativesand enterprise development, spiritual growth andself-correcting interventions, among others.From the new financial year (1 April 2013), it will becompulsory for every inmate, who does not havea qualification equivalent to Grade 9, to completeAdult Education and Training (AET) level 1 to 4.Our agreement with the Department of BasicEducation to utilize offender labour to construct,and maintain schools, is being concluded. Theestablishment of the DCS trading entity is alsobeing finalized. Through this trading entity,we may offer our customer base consisting ofgovernment, NGO’s and the private sector a widevariety of products and services, ranging fromfurniture, clothing, steel works, food products,agriculture and many others.Inmates are also people who have constitutionalrights, though curtailed. We should be able to resocialize offenders by restoring their self-respect,which will enhance their respect for other peopleand, therefore, create a new human being.The fact that our offender population hasremained constant (currently number one in Africaand 9 th in the world), regardless of the removal ofpass laws, group areas or apartheid laws, shouldmake us search more urgently for answers to thehigh correctional centres population in SouthAfrica.Working together with the Deputy Minister, theNational Commissioner, the entire departmentand stakeholders, we are confident that thisstrategic plan will yield positive results in terms ofsafety for South Africans.Mr. S. Ndebele (MP)Minister of Correctional Services6Department of Correctional Services

Official sign-offIt is hereby certified that this Strategic Plan:Was developed by the management of theDepartment of Correctional Services under theguidance of Minister Sibusiso Ndebele.Takes into account all the relevant policies,legislation and other mandates for which theDepartment of Correctional Services is responsible.Accurately reflects the strategic outcome-orientedgoals and objectives which the Department ofCorrectional Services will endeavour to achieveover the period 2013/2014 to 2017/2018.N. MarekaSignature:Chief Financial Officer (Acting)T.B. Raseroka Signature:Head Official responsible for Planning (Acting)T.S. Moyane Signature:Accounting OfficerApproved by:S. NdebeleSignature:Executive AuthorityStrategic Plan 2013/2014 – 2016/20177

Part A: Strategic OverviewPart A: StrategicOverviewIn broader terms, the principal strategic overviewof DCS encompasses statements and obligationspertaining to its vision, mission, and values, as wellas legislative and other mandates, and situationalanalysis. The DCS relies on these statementsand obligations to build the morale of itsemployees, and attracts the commitment externalstakeholders. These statements and obligationsare used to declare what the public shouldexpect from the operations of the Department ofCorrectional Services.1. VisionProviding the best Correctional Services for a saferSouth Africa2. MissionContributing to a just, peaceful and safer SouthAfrica through effective and humane incarcerationof inmates and the rehabilitation and socialreintegration of offenders3. ValuesDevelopment Enablement and empowerment Faith in the potential of people Provision of opportunities and facilities forgrowthIntegrity Honesty Disassociation from all forms of corruptionand unethical conduct Sound business practicesEffectiveness Productivity The best work methods Excellent servicesUbuntu Serving with kindness and humanityAccountability Desiring to perform well Accepting accountability for your behaviour CommitmentJustice Fair treatment Justice for all Fairness and equality before the lawSecurity Safety of employees, inmates and thecommunityEquity Non-discrimination Affirmative action Gender equality Integration of disability issues8Department of Correctional Services4. Legislative and Other Mandates4.1 Constitutional MandateThe Constitution of the Republic South Africa,1996 lays the foundation for the mandate ofthe Department of Correctional Services.TheConstitution compels the department to complywith the following sections in terms of thetreatment of offenders: Section 9 - Equality Section 10 - Human dignity Section 12 - Freedom and security of theperson Section 27 - Right to health care services Section 28 - Children’s rights Section 29 - Right to education Section 31 - Freedom of religion Section 35 - Rights to humane treatmentand to communicate with and be visited byfamily, next of kin etc.4.2 Legislative MandatesCorrectional Services Act (No.111 of 1998)To provide for a correctional system; theestablishment, functions and control of theDepartment of Correctional Services; the custodyof all offenders under conditions of human dignity;the rights and obligations of sentenced offenders;the rights and obligations of unsentencedoffenders; a system of community corrections;release from correctional centre and placementunder correctional supervision, on day parole andparole; a National Council for Correctional Services;a Judicial Inspectorate; Independent correctionalcentre Visitors; an internal service evaluation;officials of the Department; joint venture prisons;penalties for offences; the repeal and amendmentof certain laws; and matters connected therewith.Correctional Services Amendment Act (No. 25 of 2008)This Act makes further provision for the mannerin which inmates are detained and the mannerin which correctional centres are managed;provides authorisation for the National Councilfor Correctional Services to determine, undercertain conditions, the period after which anoffender may be placed on parole; to make furtherprovision for matters relating to CorrectionalSupervision and Parole Boards and the JudicialInspectorate provides for compliance managementand monitoring of relevant prescriptions, aDepartmental Investigation Unit and a unit dealingwith the institution of disciplinary procedures; tofurther regulate matters relating to officials ofthe Department of Correctional Services and thepowers of the Minister to make regulations; andprovides for matters connected therewith.Correctional Services Matters Amendment Act (No. 5of 2011)The main elements of the amendment are theintroduction of a chapter that deals with remand

Part A: Strategic Overviewdetainees as a category of inmates on its own andthe medical parole provisions. The Act repealsthe incarceration framework introduced by theCorrectional Services Amendment Act (No. 25 of2008).Criminal Procedure Act (No. 51 of 1977)The following sections of the Criminal ProcedureAct (No. 51 of 1977) are of particular importanceto the DCS, namely, Section 63A, Chapter 28 andSection 299A. Section 63A of the CPA, providesfor a procedure in terms of which the Court may,on application by a Head of a Correctional Centreand if not opposed by the Director of PublicProsecutions concerned, order the release ofcertain accused on warning in lieu of bail or orderthe amendment of the bail conditions imposedby that court on the accused. Section 63A alsoforms the basis of a protocol between the JCPSdepartments to encourage the utilization of thisprovision to assist accused who do not pose adanger to society to be released from detentionunder circumstances where the bail set by thecourt cannot be afforded by the accused or hisor her family. Chapter 28 of the CPA deals withsentencing and the whole Chapter is applicable tothe DCS’s mandate. Offenders must be detainedin accordance with the sentences handed downunder this Chapter. The granting of parole and theconversion of sentences to correctional supervisionis also done in accordance with this Chapter, readtogether with the Correctional Services Act (No.111 of 1998). Finally, section 299A of the CPAregulates victim involvement in the decisions ofparole boards.4.3 Policy MandatesThe White Paper on Corrections in South Africa (2005)obliges management to: capacitate the Department of CorrectionalServices to play its role as a security institutionresponsible for the promotion of publicsafety by breaking the cycle of crime develop the Department of CorrectionalServices into an institution of rehabilitationand social reintegration promote corrections as a societalresponsibility.The Draft White Paper on Remand Detention whichhas been approved by Cabinet for consultationwith stakeholders and Parliament is relevant to themandate on remand detention and is consistentwith the Correctional Matters Amendment Bill.1 October 2004. No offender has a right to parole,offenders have a right to be considered forparole and all the judgments handed down in thisperiod merely provided them with the right to beconsidered for parole but the granting of paroleis not guaranteed. In terms of the CorrectionalServices Act the Minister has the final decision asto the placement on parole of offenders sentencedto terms of life imprisonment.First System: Van Vuuren Judgment On 31 March 2011,the Constitutional Court handed down judgmentin the Van Vuuren case. [Paul Francois Van Vuurenv Minister of Correctional Services and Others [2010]ZACC 17] As a result of this judgment, the minimumdetention period for inmates sentenced to lifebefore 1 October 2004 is no longer a blanket 20year period. The Court held that in order for theprovisions of the Act to be constitutional it mustbe interpreted as stating that inmates sentencedto life before 1 October 2004 must be consideredfor placement on parole in accordance with thelegislative provisions and policies applicable onthe date of sentencing.Second System: Van Wyk Judgment - In line with theprinciple that sentenced offenders must be treatedin accordance with the parole system applicableat the time of sentencing, on 25 July 2011, in thematter of Van Wyk, the North Gauteng HighCourt ruled that the credit system was applicableto lifers sentenced between 1 August 1993 and30 September 2004. [Cornelius Johannes Van Wykv Minister of Correctional Services and Others; CaseNr 40915/10; North Gauteng High Court] This meansthat all offenders sentenced to life imprisonmentbetween 1 August 1993 and 30 September 2004must be allocated the maximum of six (6) yearsand eight (8) months credits. This period of 6years and 8 months must be deducted from theminimum of 20 years to determine the new dateof consideration for parole.4.5 Planned Policy InitiativesThe Department of Correctional Services continuesto identify gaps on policy issues relating topriorities. As a result, few policies were identifiedto address the gaps. The DCS’s first priorities onpolicy implementation for the period of thisstrategic plan are as follows:Foreign National Transfer ProtocolElectronic Monitoring policyHR policy review.4.4 Relevant Court RulingsSignificant developments in terms of courtrulings that have ongoing impact on operationsof correctional services in the recent past yearsinclude two rulings that confirm that there are twosystems of parole applicable to lifers sentencedbeforeStrategic Plan 2013/2014 – 2016/20179

Part A: Strategic Overview5. Situational Analysis5.1 Performance EnvironmentThe performance environment of the Departmentof Correctional Services is rooted in movingtowards the realisation of the ideals of the WhitePaper on Corrections in South Africa (2005), thedraft White Paper on Remand Detention andcontributing to government’s outcome approachto service delivery.The department remains committed to placinghumane and safe detention and rehabilitation atthe centre of service delivery and to promotingcorrections as a societal responsibility and in thatsense contributing to enhanced public safetyand reduced re-offending. In this regard there isa close link with Outcome 3 – All people in SouthAfrica are and feel safe - where the department isa key stakeholder in the Justice, Crime Preventionand Security Cluster. The strategic focus of thedepartment in contributing to Outcome 3 isarticulated in the delivery agreement of the JCPSCluster especially the following outputs that arestated in the JCPS’ delivery agreement: output 2: a more effective criminal justicesystem – amongst other issues, this outputemphasizes the issue of reducing the averagelength of time in remand detention, and theincrease of parolees without parole violations;output 4: managed and improved perceptionsof crime among the population- the outputemphasizes the need to increase trust in theCriminal Justice system; and engagement withthe community on security awareness andcrime prevention.The department has a Logic Model (see page 11)that provides schematically, the link between thedepartment’s identified immediate outcomeswith the intermediate outcomes; and furtherdemonstrates the relationship between both theimmediate and the intermediate outcomes withthe Ultimate outcome. This logic model furtherillustrates the linkage of the department’s strategi

human rights culture into the correctional system, and the strategic direction of the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) was to ensure that incarceration entailed safe and secure custody under humane conditions. As part of the JCPS cluster, the key focus area of the department is “the fight against crime and corruption”.

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