Development of offenders - DCS-Home
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Table 4.1.2 – Consultation arrangements with customers<br />
Type <strong>of</strong><br />
arrangement<br />
Cluster<br />
Department<br />
meetings.<br />
Meetings/<br />
orientation<br />
sessions with<br />
new admissions<br />
Community<br />
outreach<br />
programmes.<br />
Meetings /<br />
orientation<br />
regarding<br />
privilege<br />
systems for<br />
visitation.<br />
Actual Customers<br />
Cluster<br />
Departments.<br />
Members <strong>of</strong> the<br />
public Next <strong>of</strong><br />
Kin<br />
Offenders<br />
Inmates<br />
Employers.<br />
Families <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong>fenders<br />
Legal<br />
representatives<br />
Stakeholders.<br />
Potential<br />
Customers<br />
Cluster<br />
departments.<br />
Members <strong>of</strong> the<br />
public<br />
Next <strong>of</strong> Kin<br />
Offenders<br />
Inmates<br />
Employers.<br />
Families <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong>fenders<br />
Legal<br />
representatives.<br />
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Actual achievements<br />
Regular attendance at all IJS / cluster meetings.<br />
• Regular orientation sessions with all new<br />
admissions.<br />
• Orientation sessions with families <strong>of</strong> new<br />
admissions on protocol/ policy issues.<br />
• During community outreach programmes<br />
communities are informed <strong>of</strong> various correctional<br />
centre processes and the need for interaction from<br />
them.<br />
• KZN has 10 and EC 7 community outreach<br />
programmes.<br />
• Regular orientation sessions take place with<br />
families <strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong>fenders, legal representatives/<br />
stakeholders regarding visitation processes and<br />
access.<br />
Table 4.1.3 – Service delivery access strategy<br />
Access Strategy Actual achievements<br />
Visitors accessing correctional<br />
• Sign boards for directions on premises and in correctional centre in<br />
centres to visit family & friends<br />
most centres<br />
• Escorting <strong>of</strong> visitors<br />
• Providing <strong>DCS</strong> transport to transport visitors from entrance to<br />
Correctional centre unit.<br />
• Parking areas designated<br />
• Fire arm safes available<br />
• Searching cubicles to ensure privacy for searching<br />
• Emergency contingency plan in place and members receive regular<br />
briefing sessions<br />
• Bagless society compliance communicated<br />
• Lock up facility for belongings<br />
• Open / Family days – Part <strong>of</strong> the Corrections Week activities in<br />
September 2011 included arranging <strong>of</strong> Family Days at the centres<br />
Stakeholders and service providers • Registration <strong>of</strong> stakeholders & service providers, completion <strong>of</strong><br />
accessing correctional centres to<br />
indemnity forms<br />
deliver programmes and deliver • Quality Assurance <strong>of</strong> service providers- register<br />
goods & services<br />
• Identification cards for service providers<br />
• Escorting <strong>of</strong> service providers in centres<br />
• Provision <strong>of</strong> <strong>DCS</strong> transport to transport service providers from entrance<br />
to CC<br />
• Parking areas designated<br />
• Fire arm safe<br />
• Searching cubicles to ensure privacy in searching<br />
• Emergency contingency plan in place and members receive regular<br />
briefing sessions<br />
• Bagless society compliance<br />
• Lock up facility for belongings<br />
Arrangements for payment <strong>of</strong> bail & • Promotion <strong>of</strong> bail & fine payments posted in Remand Detention Facilities<br />
fines<br />
visiting areas for easy access to visitors<br />
• Bail & fine registers implemented and monitored on a daily basis<br />
Booking system for visitors Some correctional centres have established call centres to manage<br />
booking <strong>of</strong> visits. This will be rolled out in the new financial year