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South Africa practically implements the Nelson Mandela Rules in its criminal justice approach through the national department of Correctional Services’ three-legged mandate of ensuring safe and humane custody, rehabilitation and social reintegration of offenders.
Nov 22, 2022 · In South Africa, the Offender Rehabilitation Approach, in all its prisons, is centred on the needs-based care approach, which is aimed at maintaining the well-being of inmates and social integration. The philosophy behind the approach resides in the need and risk assessment principles, and rehabilitation—comprising structured day programmes.
Oct 7, 2020 · The South African Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has a constitutional mandate to provide rehabilitation programs that address offenders’ criminal conducts. The rehabilitation approach currently used to deliver this mandate is grounded on the needs-based model where dynamic factors associated with recidivism are systematically ...
Aug 24, 2023 · In this article I have explored what prisoners made of the “rehabilitative turn” in South Africa and its translation into daily prison practice. The current study contributes to the theorisation of the interconnectedness of social structure and human agency by focusing on the role of structural violence in shaping personal narratives and ...
The reintegration and rehabilitation of offenders is one of the main objectives of the Department of Correctional Services in South Africa, yet this aspect is of primary concern of the community and the public at large.
Aug 31, 2022 · Offender reintegration is a topical and controversial issue in South Africa and worldwide. Previous research shows that law enforcement has historically been predicated on a punitive focus in which offenders were supposed to ‘pay the price’ for their misdeeds (Muntingh, 2005 ).
Jan 1, 2016 · The reintegration and rehabilitation of offenders is one of the main objectives of the Department of Correctional Services in South Africa, yet this aspect is of primary concern of the...
