DEPARTEMENT KORREKTIEWE DIENSTE - Correctional Services

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
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