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SCFs in Eastern Cape and Northern Province did not have RDs admitted for drugs and damage to
property. Gauteng had the highest number of RD children in almost all crimes with small margin of
difference in drug-related crimes as compared with Western Cape.
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Gauteng 5699 3357 1676 1881 693 553 585 761 792 272 447
Western Cape 1054 0 665 0 596 437 292 49 0 357 0
North West 27 109 0 76 47 15 32 12 0 0 6
Eastern Cape 156 0 213 199 197 130 144 0 0 0 0
Northern Province 320 278 17 296 574 219 73 0 0 0 0
4.4. Summary of the Profile
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Figure 4.19. Regional distribution of RD children in terms of crimes
4.4.1. General Population of DCS (April to June 2008 and May to January 2010
The number of RDs ranged between 46612 and 51584.
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A downward trend was observed from April to September 2008 and from January to May
2009.
4.4.2. Crimes
RDs constituted approximately 30% of the inmate population in DCS.
The region with the highest number of RDs is Gauteng (34 to 36%), followed by Western
Cape (17 to 19%), KwaZulu Natal (14 to 17%) and Eastern Cape (12 to 13%).
The regions with the lowest distribution of RDs are LMN (6 to 8%) and Northern Cape
and Free State (11 to 12%)
The pattern of increase and decrease differs across all regions as compared to the
national pattern.
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