Community Safety
Regarding the release of 19 000 prisoners in the country during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic:
How many of these prisoners (a) were released in the Western Cape, (b) were released in each of the Western Cape’s 11 priority areas and (c) have been found guilty of reoffending?
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development informed me as follows:
5. (1) How many of these prisoners (Special Parole Dispensation)
(a) Were released in the Western Cape as at 30 September 2020
Region | Male | Female | Total Releases |
Western Cape | 2053 | 139 | 2192 |
(b)
Community Corrections Offices | Placed Out |
Bishop Lavis | 17 |
Delft | 53 |
Gugulethu | 9 |
Harare | 4 |
Khayelitsha | 4 |
Kraaifontein | 37 |
Mfuleni | 9 |
Mitchells Plain | 38 |
Nyanga | 16 |
Phillipi | 8 |
Phillipi East | 5 |
11 Priority Areas | 200 |
(c)
Community Corrections Offices | Rearrested |
Bishop Lavis | 0 |
Delft | 4 |
Gugulethu | 0 |
Harare | 0 |
Khayelitsha | 0 |
Kraaifontein | 0 |
Mfuleni | 0 |
Mitchells Plain | 0 |
Nyanga | 0 |
Phillipi | 0 |
Phillipi East | 0 |
11 Priority Areas | 4 |
