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Progress Report
Children Awaiting Trial
Presentation to Portfolio Committee on
Social Development
11 September 2002
7/20/2015
Department of Social Development
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Agenda
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Aim of presentation
Statistics
Programs per province
Challenges
Present initiatives
Way Forward
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DSD: Provincial breakdown: CAT
900
800
815
773
700
589
600
592
500
400
296
300
217
200
120
100
0
Jun 02 N=1914
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MPUMALANGA
KWAZULU-NATAL
EASTERN CAPE
GAUTENG
LIMPOPO
NORTHERN CAPE
FREE STATE
NORTH WEST
WESTERN CAPE
Jul 02 N=2044
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CAT: DSD & DCS Facilities June 2002
773
800
674
700
589
600
500
448
383
400
300
200
100
0
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120
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DSD: JUN
MPUMALANGA
KWAZULU-NATAL
EASTERN CAPE
GAUTENG
LIMPOPO
NORTHERN CAPE
FREE STATE
NORTH WEST
WESTERN CAPE
DCS JUN
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CAT: DSD & DCS Facilities July 2002
900
815
800
700
592
600
629
500
500
370
400
300
200
100
0
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296
121
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DSD: JULY
MPUMALANGA
KWAZULU-NATAL
EASTERN CAPE
GAUTENG
LIMPOPO
NORTHERN CAPE
FREE STATE
NORTH WEST
WESTERN CAPE
DCS JULY
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Agenda
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Programs per province
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Mpumalanga: Services and Programs
Assistant Probation Officers X21
 Family Finding
 Diversion Programs (Dept & Nicro)
 Family Group Conferencing
 Developmental Assessments
 Life Skills programmes
 Drug & Alcohol Prevention Programs
 Crime Prevention Programs
 Supervision services
 Monitoring of cases-home visits
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7/20/2015 Visits to SAPS & DCS Holding facilities
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Limpopo : Services and Programs
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Assistant Probation Officer X1
Family Finding
Diversion Programs-Dept & Nicro
Developmental Assessments
Drug & Alcohol Prevention Programs
Crime Prevention Programs
Supervision services
Monitoring of cases
Visits to SAPS & DCS Holding facilities
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Western Cape: Services and Programs
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Assistant Probation Officers X 10
Family Finding
Diversion Programs
Developmental Assessments
Crime Prevention Programs
Supervision services-PO
Home based supervision program
(House Arrest)
Youth Empowerment Camps
20 RAR Services
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Gauteng: Services and Programs
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Probation Services
 RAR services
 Diversion programs
NGO Partnerships…continue
 Nicro :- Diversion Programs-different
 Youth for Christ:- Monitoring of CAT in DCS
facilities; Life Skills; Spiritual & personal
enrichment
 Othandweni:- serve as guardians for children
whose parents cannot be traced; res services for
CAT; rehabilitation services; diversion services
 Life Line:-Monitor Police cells
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Gauteng: Services and Programs
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NGO Partnerships…continue
 Dyambu Youth Dev Centre:
Diversion (Sexual offender program&
Breaking cycle of violence)
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Occupational Therapy & Psych Services
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Trauma Debriefing
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Skills Training- program reg with Seta
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Entrepreneurial skills
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Linking children to resources after
acquittal (e.g. employment agencies,
education)
 Assistant Probation Officer X1 Alexandra
7/20/2015
(pilot)
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KZN: Services and Programs
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Pietermaritzburg Region
Probation Services:
 RAR services
 Diversion
 Social Aux Worker seconded to DSC facility– family/
home finding, dev programs
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Residential care programs:
 Health & Therapeutic
 Developmental assessments
 Youth Justice forum
7/20/2015
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KZN: Services and Programs
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Durban Region
Probation Services:
 RAR services
 Diversion
 Child & Youth Care Workers seconded to DSC facility:–
 Action plan for Westville YDC
 Training & Capacity building (Dev Assessment; VOM;
FGC; Fam Pres; Rest Justice;
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Residential care programs:
 Health & Therapeutic; Abet; Poverty Red Program;
Violence prevention
 Developmental assessments
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KZN: Services and Programs
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Midlands Region
Probation Services:
 RAR services
 Diversion programs
 Visits to CAT in DCS facilities
 Education & Life Skills Programs
NGO Partnerships:
 Khulisa Ubuntu Workshop-train youth leaders
as mentors
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N/Cape: Services and Programs
 NGO Partnerships
 Nicro :- Diversion Programs (YES, Journey, Pretrial; FGC; Crime Prevention
 NG Welsyn:- Diversion program (Youth in action)
Parenting Skills program
 Famsa:- School based life skills programs
 Life Line:-Monitor Police cells
 ACVV:- Diversion programs
 MOO:- Diversion programs
 People against misuse(P.A.M):- Crime prev & Early
Intervention Programs
 Nehemia Spiritual Group:- Recreational programs
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N/Cape: Services and Programs
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Probation Services:
 RAR services
 Diversion programs
 ADP Life Centre
 Prof Foster Care
Residential care programs:
 Health & Therapeutic
 Developmental assessments
 Vocational skills
 Parental skills
 VOM ( SW & CYCW)
7/20/2015
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North West: Services and Programs
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Probation Services:
 RAR services
 Diversion programs
 Family Preservation Programs
 Training & Capacity building (Dev Assessment; VOM;
FGC; Fam Pres; Rest Justice)
 House Arrest Program- Lichtenburg
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Residential care programs:
 Health & Therapeutic
 Developmental assessments
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N/West: Services and Programs
 NGO Partnerships
 Nicro :- Diversion Programs (YES, Journey, Pretrial; FGC; Crime Prevention)
 SAVF:- Life Skills programs
 Teenagers Against Drug Abuse (TADA) Programs
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Free State: Services and Programs
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Probation Services:
 RAR services
 Diversion programs
 Developmental assessments
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Residential care programs:
 Health & Therapeutic
 Developmental assessments & IDP’s
 Life Skills
 Recreational
 Skills Development
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Free State: Services and Programs
 NGO Partnerships
 Nicro :
Diversion Programs (YES, Journey, Pretrial; FGC; Crime Prevention)
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Assessments
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E/Cape: Services and Programs
 NGO Partnerships
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 Nicro :- Diversion Programs (YES, Journey, Pretrial Comm Service; FGC; Say Stop; Community
Service Orders; VOM
 Nicro: Training of service providers in VOM
One Stop Youth Justice Centre
 Relocation to Nerina House POS
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RAR services
Probation services
Community Crime prevention programs
School based Parenting skills programs
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E/Cape: Services and Programs
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Probation Services:
 RAR services
 Diversion programs
 Pres Awards-Choices
 Home Supervision Program- Engcobo
Residential care programs:
 Health & Therapeutic
 Developmental assessments
 Life skills
 Parental skills
 Comm Based Programmes
 Art
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E/Cape: Services and Programs
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DCS Residential care programs:
 Secondment of CYCW to St Albans
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Family finding
Monitoring CAT
Dev Programs
Assistant Probation Officers x9
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Challenges
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Communication Structures
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National:
 Inter-Sectoral Child Justice Committee:
Chaired by the Department of Justice and Constitutional
Development was specifically set up to gather information
and make recommendations for specific interventions
concerning the situation of children awaiting trial in
detention. The Committee has broadened its functions to
include all matters relating to children accused of crimes.
The Committee monitors children awaiting trial through a
collation of statistics provided by the Departments of
Correctional Services, Social Development and SAPS.
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Provincial
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Challenges……
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Costing of CJB implementation
MTEF processes
All provincial CFO’s to be involved in this
process
DOJ Budget allocation for infrastructure
development (R17M) to be spent in this
financial year for One stop CJ Centres
Follow-up on the recommendations from
the National Sec Care Wshop in BFN
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Challenges…….
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Minimum standards for secure care
Regulations for secure care
Audit of secure care facilities
Implement Probation Services Act
Training and capacity building of
probation practitioners
Database for registration of diversion
programmes—ito CJB
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Challenges……
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Regulations CJBill
Expansion of diversion programs
M&E of children awaiting trial in DSD & DCS
facilities
Take services into correctional facilities
Social Case Tracking system developed
Accreditation of training courses
Roll-out Home Based Supervision Program
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Challenges……
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Establishment of Prof Board for Probation
Services
Donor Funding for DSD implementation of
CJB
Alignment with Integrated Justice System
Projects and Processes
Social Crime Prevention Implementation
Strategy
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Challenges……
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Human Resources:
Insufficient probation and assistant probation
officers
Insufficient child and youth care workers
Programs
Insufficient diversion programs
Insufficient home based programs
Inter-departmental Service Level Agreements
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Present initiatives
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Present initiatives
 Probation Services
 Probation Services Amendment Bill
 Regulations: Prof Board
 Roll-out: Home based supervision program
 Appointment of probation and assistant
probation officers
 Training and capacity building
 Replicate Westville YDC model
 Diversion: Replicate & develop
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Present initiatives
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Child Justice
 Child Justice Bill
 Costing of DSD responsibilities
 DSD national & provincial implementation
plans
 Inter-sectoral Child Justice Committee
(ISCCJ), includes monitoring CAT
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Present initiatives
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Social Crime Prevention
 Cluster Program
 Lead Dept: DSD
 Develop cluster implementation strategy
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Secure Care
 Provincial roll-out plans
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Present initiatives
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Integrated Justice System Program
 Court Process System
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Access CAS/CRIM
Child Protection Register
Case tracking system
Business Intelligence Project
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Present initiatives
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Donor Funding
 Sectoral Budget Support from Royal
Netherlands Embassy
 Business plan for R20m to initiate national and
provincial programs to support implementation
of Amendments to Probation Services Bill and
Child Justice processes
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Way Forward
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Formalise inter-departmental Service
Level Agreements
Implement Amendments to Probation
Services Bill
Strengthen Inter-Sectoral Committee on
Child Justice
Regular feedback to Portfolio Committees
Roll-out:
taking child and youth
care programmes into correctional
facilities
Specific action plans to address
challenges
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