Committee Programme 2003

Correctional Services

04 February 2003

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CORRECTIONAL SERVICES PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE
4 February 2003
COMMITTEE PROGRAMME 2003

Chairperson: Mr B N Fihla

Documents handed out
Proposed Programme of Action for the Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services for 2003 (Appendix)

SUMMARY
The meeting dealt with the Proposed Programme of Action for the Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services for 2003 by the chairman. The planned workshop and increase in visits to prisons and other relevant sites was discussed.

MINUTES
The Chairperson said that the priorities for the year 2003 would be:
- Firmly establishing policy in black and white to ensure continuity in the Department of Correctional Services especially during leadership changes.
- Review the Department White Paper.
- Inspect implementation of policies at prisons and other relevant institutions.

The Chairman said elections would be held early in 2004. As a result, in the second half of 2003 most members would prefer to spend more time inspecting the various facilities of the Department.

The planned Workshop was agreed to take place on the 24 and 25 of February 2003. The Workshop will deal with the White Paper, budget, Correctional Services Act and the Department's Strategic Plan.

Discussion
Mr D Bloem (ANC) said it was important that the minister be invited to the workshop.

Mr F Van Deventer (NNP) said that matters were often referred to the department and no response would be forthcoming. This was notwithstanding the various letters written requesting a response.

The Chairman said Mr Bloem had raised the same point at an ANC study group. Henceforth all members should draft a letter requesting a response to their concerns within seven days.

The Chairman said a meeting should be scheduled for open discussions with the department to deal with such outstanding matters.

Mr S Swart (ACDP) said it would be useful to have a joint meeting with the Departments of Safety and Security and Justice and Constitutional Development.

The Chairman agreed and said there were a number of issues that needed to be jointly addressed.

Mr Bloem said that much had happened during the parliamentary recess and that he had a list of matters he would like to discuss with the department.

The chairman agreed and said a letter should be forwarded to the Director General requesting a meeting with the Department and the Minister to discuss the above mentioned matters. Members could either write directly to the department or via the chairman.

The chairman's guidelines were adopted and the meeting was adjourned.

Appendix
Draft Programme of Proposed Activities for Correctional Portfolio Committee

Tuesday	4 Feb	9-12pm	Parliament	First Sitting of Portfolio Committee to: -Consider & adopt Programme for 2003 -Discussion on all current and urgent issues. -Discussion around issues for inclusion in the proposed joint workshop between the Portfolio Committee and DCS
Wed	19 Feb	10.00-12pm	Judge Fagan's Office	Visit to Judge Fagan's Office
	24 Feb	10.00-17.00		Joint workshop 24&25 Feb
	25 Feb	9.00-13.00		To consider following issues: White Paper Budget Correctional Services Act Transformation Department's Strategic Plan
	26 Feb
	3 Mar	11.30-12.30	PLT	SG
	4 Mar	9.00-12.00	PLT	-Further Briefings and discussions with the DCS task team on White Paper -Preparation for Public Hearings on White Paper -Consideration and discussion of Workshop Report on aspect of dealing with the roles and Power of Commissioner in relation to the stipulations of the Public Service Act
Monday	10 March	11.30-12.30	PLT	SG
	11 March	9.00-12.00	PLT	-Meeting with Minister Skosana -Discussion on Report/Outcomes of Joint Workshop held on 24-25 Feb 2003
	17 March			Public Hearings on White Paper for Correctional Services
Tuesday	18 March	9.00-12.00	PLT	Briefing by Treasury - a detailed explanation of the Report on APOPS
Monday	24 March	11.30-12.30	PLT	SG
Tuesday	25 March	9-12.00	PLT	Briefing by DCS: Updates on legislation implementation; -Parole Board legislation -HIV/AIDS policy-status on draft policy -Rehabilitation policy ABET training doc. -Costing of policy formulation -Awaiting trail prisoner -Unit Management -Electronic Monitoring
Mon	31 March	11.30-12.30	PLT	SG
Tuesday	1 April	9.00-12.00	PLT	Joint meeting with NA and NCOP discussion on draft rules and regulations of DCS
Monday	7 April	9.00-12.00	PLT	SG
Tuesday	8 April	9.00-12.00	PLT	PC Meeting with Depts of Justice, Social Welfare and NGO's around campaign on women imprisoned for domestic violence.
Monday	14 April	9.00-12.00	PLT	Updates from MPs on their constituency work, specifically issues around correctional services and how this can be consolidated and properly processed by the Committee.
Thursday	17 April	11.30-12.30	PLT	SG
	18-21 April Easter Weeked
	22 April-9 May 2003 Constituency Period
Monday	12 May	11.30-12.30	PLT	SG
Monday Tuesday	19 May & 20 May	Full Day	To be confirmed	Provincial visit to Prisons
Monday	26 May	11.30-12.30	PLT	SG
Tuesday	27 May	9.00-12.00	PLT	Briefing by DCS: --Policy guide regarding the imprisonment of young offenders -Policy guide around mothers imprisoned with babies including research around national audit of all women inmates, recommendations by all Commissioners and impact on babies behind bars.
Monday	2 June	11.30-12.30	PLT	SG
Tuesday	3 June	Full Day	To be confirmed	Provincial Visit to Prisons
Monday	9 June	11.30-12.30	PLT	SG
Tuesday	10 June	9.00-12.00	PLT	Briefing by Jali Commission on status of investigation
Tuesday	17 June	9.00-12.00	PLT
Monday	23 June	11.30-12.30	PLT	SG
Tuesday	24 June	Full Day		Provincial visit to Prisons
30 July-11 July	Leave
14 July - 25 July	Constituency

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