Lindiwe Ntshalintshali: "Over the past three years, the Department has had basic training for Emergency Support Team (EST) officials to provide additional capacity to respond to various situations, such as riots, violent attacks, high risk tactical guarding, escorting and the use of minimum force, amongst others.
We have been conducting searches, head counts and other security procedures to maintain adequate security standards. This was done to guard and preserve the integrity and dignity of officials, inmates and visitors to all our facilities. What needs to be understood is that correctional centres serve multiple purposes. They are centres where justice is administered, providing a deterrent to crime and a means of rehabilitation for those who violate the law. However, they are also institutions of second chances, offering education, vocational training and counselling to help inmates turn their lives around.
For this to be effective, the environment within correctional facilities must be both safe and secure. We have observed a disturbing trend where informal settlements are mushrooming closer to our facilities. This is then followed by deliberate efforts to disrupt our services. Illegal connections to electricity transformers and consistency in contraband items being thrown into our terrains are becoming a daily occurrence. One of the correctional facilities being gravely affected is St Albans in Gqeberha." - Ms Lindiwe Ntshalintshali, Deputy Minister of Corectional Services, speaking at #BudgetVote2024
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