Earlier this year justice and correctional services minister Ronald Lamola told parliament that as at March 31 2019, there were 162,875 inmates against an accommodation capacity of 118,572 bed spaces.The department of correctional services has since conceded that it is worried about over-crowding, which is on the rise driven by high crime statistics.
But because correctional services had no legal powers to refuse the detention of inmates, dire overcrowding was inevitable. A huge concern was the number of prisoners awaiting trial in prisons in the metros, as a result of the sluggish state of the criminal justice system. “High crime levels in the country are a concern to everyone. DCS has been working on increasing the bed space in order to relieve pressure from the overcrowded facilities, especially those in the metros,” Nxumalo said.
The department has been renovating and building new prisons and three projects expected to be completed this month will provide 1,101 additional beds. Nxumalo said as part of a multi-pronged approach in dealing with overcrowding, there had to be social reintegration of offenders back into their community to help reduce levels of repeat offending.
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