Correctional Services Act, 1998 (Act No. 111 of 1998)Regulations for the Administration of the Department of Correctional Services of the Republic of South AfricaChapter II : Custody of all Inmates under Conditions of Human Dignity10. Correction, Development and Care Programmes and Services |
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| a) | Social work services must be rendered to sentenced offenders and persons under community corrections who have a need for such services by a social worker duly registered as such in terms of the Social Work Act, 1978 (Act No. 110 of 1978). |
| b) | If the need for social work services arises at a correctional centre or community corrections office where those services are not available, the relevant Head of the Correctional Centre or Head of Community Corrections, as the case may be, must take the necessary steps to ensure that those services are made available as soon as possible to cater for that need. |
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| a) | Education and training services must be rendered to sentenced offenders who have a need for such services, subject to paragraph (b), those services will be rendered in accordance with education and training programmes. |
| b) | The education of sentenced offenders must be in accordance with the educational system of the country. |
| c) | A qualified educator or technical educator registered with the South African Council of Educators established in terms of section 4 of South African Council for Educators Act, 2000 (Act No. 31 of 2000), must render those services. |
| d) | [Deleted by the Amendment of the Correctional Services Regulations, 2004 (Notice No. 143 of 2012)]. |
| e) | If such qualified educator or qualified correctional official is not available, the National Commissioner may appoint a temporary educator or voluntary worker with educational or technical qualifications and registered with the South African Council of Educators; and |
| f) | All sentenced offenders who have not obtained the ninth grade as contemplated in section (3)(1) of the South African Schools Act, 1996 (Act No. 84 of 1996), must attend educational programmes until such offender reaches the age of 25 years or the ninth grade or adult education and training level 4, as registered on the national qualifications framework contemplated in the National Qualifications Framework Act, 2008 (Act No. 67 of 2008), whichever occurs first. The Department must, within its available resources, ensure that such offenders are provided with the necessary resources to enable them to comply with this requirement. |
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| a) | Psychological services must be available to all sentenced offenders and persons under community corrections who have a need for such services. Psychologists and psychometrics who are to be trained as counsellors must be registered in terms of the Health Professions Act, 1974 (Act No. 56 of 1974). |
| b) | If such psychologists and psychometrists are not available at a correctional centre and the need for such services arise, the Head of the Prison must take the necessary steps to ensure that such services are available. A prisoner may also utilise his or her psychologist of choice but at own expense. |