Question NW3381 to the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
06 November 2023 - NW3381
Msimang, Prof CT to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
Whether he will furnish Prof C.T Msimang with the figures for the total (a) recorded number of prisoners in correctional facilities in each province and (b) number of beds (i) in correctional facilities and (ii) available as at the latest specified date for which information is available; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
It should be noted that Department of Correctional Services (DCS) is demarcated into Six Regions and not aligned to the provincial dispensation.
a) Total number of inmates in correctional facilities in each region as on 19 October 2023:
|
Region |
Unsentenced Inmates |
Sentenced Offenders |
Total Inmates |
|
Eastern Cape |
6 889 |
13 944 |
20 833 |
|
Free State & Northern Cape |
6 408 |
14 094 |
20 502 |
|
Gauteng |
15 540 |
20 485 |
36 025 |
|
KwaZulu-Natal |
7 078 |
16 203 |
23 281 |
|
Limpopo Mpumalanga & North West |
5 740 |
15 506 |
21 246 |
|
Western Cape |
12 875 |
13 624 |
26 499 |
|
TOTAL |
54 530 |
93 856 |
148 386 |
(b)(i) Number of beds in correctional facilities as on 19 October 2023:
|
Region |
Bedspace |
|
Eastern Cape |
12 427 |
|
Free State & Northern Cape |
18 462 |
|
Gauteng |
23 247 |
|
KwaZulu-Natal |
17 778 |
|
Limpopo Mpumalanga & North West |
14 789 |
|
Western Cape |
17 855 |
|
TOTAL |
104 558 |
(b)(ii) The information is provided in part (a) and (b)(i) as requested.
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