Committee Visit Reports, Annual Report and Report on Overcrowding: adoption
Correctional Services
15 November 2004
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CORRECTIONAL SERVICES PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE : Mr D Bloem (ANC)
15 November 2004
COMMITTEE VISIT REPORTS, ANNUAL REPORT AND REPORT ON OVERCROWDING: ADOPTION
Chairperson
Document handed out:
Committee report on oversight visit to Pollsmoor Juvenile Detention Centre on 15 October
Committee report on oversight visit to Lindelani Place of Safety, Stellenbosch, on 19 October
Committee report on recommended solutions to prison overcrowding
Committee Annual Report, January - December 2004
Department Draft Report on the fires at Pollsmoor Prison (not available to public)
SUMMARY
The Committee adopted its 2004 Annual Report and the reports of its oversight visits.
MINUTES
The Committee adopted the following reports after it had made minor technical changes: report on visit to Pollsmoor Juvenile Detention Centre on 15 October 2004; report on visit to Lindelani Place of Safety in Stellenbosch on 19 October 2004, Committee report on recommended solutions to prison overcrowding, and the 2004 Committee Annual Report. The Committee also discussed its draft report on the two fire incidents at Pollsmoor Prison that led to the death of six inmates. The Chairperson stated that they needed to carefully consider the report and make solid recommendations when they met again in early 2005.
The Committee agreed to visit C-Max Prison in Pretoria on 18 November 2004 to discuss work-related issues with management. This would allow the Committee to obtain first-hand information and be in a better position to draw up a report on happenings there.
The meeting was adjourned.
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