Draft White Paper on Remand Detention Management in South Africa
Following the outcome of an interdepartmental project led by the DCS aimed at re-engineering the way in which awaiting trial detainees are dealt with, the
Cabinet Lekgotla decided in January 2009 that the DCS must establish a Branch that
will be responsible for the management of awaiting trial detainees.This White Paper deals with the remand detention population as a very distinct entity
from the population of sentenced offenders. It recognises the unique challenges
associated with persons who are detained although not yet found guilty of any crime.
It distinguishes this population from a population focused on rehabilitation and
acknowledges the duty to hold such a population for purposes of attending court.
Draft White Paper2012.pdf
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