Tag: Department of Correctional Services
New prisons in the pipeline for South Africa
Overcrowding in South Africa’s prisons, administered by the Department of Correctional Services (DCS), is well-documented with plans in place to either extend existing ones...
CSIR-developed fingerprint recognition device rolled out at prisons
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has developed a handheld fingerprint acquisition device to assist the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) with...
Foreign Nationals account for 11% of the incarcerated population says DCS
The increase in arrests of foreign nationals has seen a noticeable impact on resources for the Department of Correction Services (DCS). In response to...
Days of private prisons in SA numbered
South Africa currently has two private prisons, one of them infamous for the Thabo Bester escape, and the Department of Correctional Services will not...
POPCRU decries shrinking prison staff numbers
Following the appointment of Pieter Groenewald as Minister of Correctional Services, the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (POPCRU) has demanded the employment of...
COVID-19: Correctional Services eases prison overcrowding
The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has made progress in placing low-risk inmates on parole, in order to ease overcrowding and counter the spread...
Operation Vala to tighten security at prisons
With the festive season in sight, the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) will be tightening security at its prisons through Operation Vala...
SIU to probe Correctional Services, IDT
President Jacob Zuma has authorised the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to investigate procurement matters at the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) and...
Electronic monitoring to expand
The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) says national rollout of electronic monitoring will begin by July, once a tender process is concluded.
DCS...
Prisoner e-tagging a ‘resounding success’
The South African Department of Correctional Services says it is time to extend electronic monitoring to other categories of offenders.
The pilot phase...
