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5.2.2 Offenders who benefit from this special remission of sentence to the extent that they can immediately be released unconditionally, may only be released as from 14 May 2012 in controllable groups as per identified category, sentence group and timeframe as indicated below: Week 1: 30/04 – 04/05 Admin/Assessment/Programmes Week 2: 07/05 – 11/05 Admin/Assessment/Programmes Week 3: 14/05 – 18/05 Females/Children/ Youths/Aged/Disabled Actual release irrespective of sentence group Week 4: 21/05 – 25/05 Actual release Sentence group 0-12 months Week 5: 28/05 – 01/06 Actual release Sentence group >12-24 months Week 6: 04/06 – 08/06 Actual release Sentence group >2-3 Years Week 7: 11/06 – 15/06 Actual release Sentence group >3-5 Years Week 8: 18/06 –22/06 Actual release Sentence group >5-7 Years Week 9: 25/06 – 29/06 Actual release Sentence group longer than 7 years Week 10: 02/07 – 06/07 Actual release Sentence group longer than 7 years 6 ADMINISTRATIVE STEPS APPLICABLE TO OFFENDERS IN CORRECTIONAL CENTRES 6.1 General 6.1.1 A recalculation of all applicable dates in respect of all offenders who qualify for this measure must be done. If an offender cannot benefit through the allocation of the maximum special remission of sentence, it must be allocated pro-rata. 6.1.2 Offenders without approved parole dates must be referred to the Head of the Correctional Centre (sentences up to 24 months)/Correctional Supervision and Parole Board (CSPB) for consideration of placement in accordance with the recalculated dates. 6.1.3 Offenders sentenced to periodical imprisonment must, when they report on or after 27 April 2012, be informed that special remission of sentence has been granted. (Note: For general calculation purposes (therefore not only applicable to periodical imprisonment), 6 months must be regarded as 184 days, 18 months as 549 days and one day as 24 hours); 6.1.4 Offenders with pending further charges, who qualify for immediate release after calculation of the special remission of sentence, may not be released but must be detained as awaiting-trial on their available warrant(s). However, 4
where a court has granted such offender bail and bail has been paid, or warned to appear in court again at a later stage, such offender must be released. 6.1.5 Special remission of sentence that is granted to an offender, probationer, day parolee or parolee may not be forfeited thereafter. 6.1.6 In respect of sentences with the option of a fine, the special remission of sentence must be deducted from the sentence of imprisonment. The amount must be reduced proportionally. 6.1.7 Offenders, who have been re-admitted to a correctional centre for the violation of correctional/parole supervision conditions, may benefit according to the original crime category. This is also applicable to parolees awaiting appearance before the CSPB’s in terms of Section 75(2)(a) of the Correctional Services Act, 1998 (Act No 111 of 1998). 6.2 Offenders who qualify for unconditional release 6.2.2 Offenders who qualify for immediate release with the allocation of the special remission of sentence must be categorized in release date sequence within the 10 week time frame as indicated above. The pre- release assessment and attendance of the compulsory pre-release programme must also be prioritized accordingly. 6.2.3 The Head of the Correctional Centre must approve the amended unconditional date of release in respect of such offenders, irrespective of the length of sentence. Heads of Correctional Centres must verify upon approval of qualifying cases that such offenders indeed attended a pre- release programme. G373 Warrant for unconditional release must be issued accordingly. 6.3 Offenders who have approved parole dates 6.3.2 G326 forms with approved parole dates must be recalculated to ascertain the new parole period. 6.3.3 Profile reports (G326) regarding placement on parole of offenders who after the granting of special remission of sentence qualify for immediate unconditional release must be regarded as cancelled. 6.3.4 Offenders who don’t qualify for immediate unconditional release should be referred back to the Correctional Supervision and Parole Board (CSPB) - irrespective of who approved the previous parole - or the Head of the Correctional Centre (sentences up to 24 months) for a decision on a possible new parole date, provided that the offender may not be put in a worse position than before. If the CSPB/Head of the Correctional Centre decides to approve an earlier parole date, this new date may not be advanced to an earlier date than the prescribed minimum period of detention 5
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