SA's prisons could run out of beds as crime rate surges

[schumi]

The growing crime rate and rise in life sentences meted out to offenders may mean that there won't be enough beds for criminals in SA’s prisons.

The department of correctional services has conceded that it is worried about over-crowding which is on a steady rise, as evidenced by the latest shocking crime statistics.

The department is forced to be creative to deal with this dilemma and is looking at a host of measures to ease the “stubborn pressures of incarceration, forever increasing due to high crime levels”.

The department believes that the judiciary should consider other forms of punishment instead of sending all criminals to jail.

For example, less serious crimes should lead to a sentence of community correctional supervision, the department said.

It also wants a debate on whether incarceration is the most effective form of rehabilitation for some offenders.

Correctional services wants to review the cases of people who were arrested for minor offences and sentenced to fines, but were jailed because they could not afford the fine

More at: https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/so...s-could-run-out-of-beds-as-crime-rate-surges/

 

[Mila]

Be Creative.
There should have been more prisons ages ago, but the ANC parties to much with the money they loot.
Who cares about prisoners anyway.
Put them to sleep.

 

[ForceFate]

Disused mine shafts with little ventilation. Those large compressors are expensive you know.

 

[Zoomzoom]

They can take the 'excess' beds from Baragwanath hospital.

 

[qscwbt]

So here my suggestion.
Turn old mines into prisons.
Build more prisons

then lets hang:
Murderers , child molesters, rapists and any violent criminals.

Also let prisoners do hard labour 10 hours a day to give back to the community. they should be too tired to come up with ideas and gangs in prison. They should be scared to go to prison.

 

[Milano]

may mean that there won't be enough beds for criminals in SA’s prisons.

Ran out a long time ago inspite of releasing tens of thousands of prisoners on early parole to terrorise the country..


02 October 2000

Offender population

% overcrowding

31 July 2000

169 486

68%

Overcrowding in Prisons & Release of Prisoners; Escapes & Anti-Corruption | PMG

A meeting of the Correctional Services committee held on 03 October 2000.

pmg.org.za

 

[KleinBoontjie]

Well, at least there's 9 criminals from Durban, that won't fill any beds in prison. Just follow those policemen's example and send them to the morgue.................they don't fill the morgue beds long enough to be a problem.

 

[ForceFate]

So here my suggestion.
Turn old mines into prisons.
Build more prisons

then lets hang:
Murderers , child molesters, rapists and any violent criminals.

Also let prisoners do hard labour 10 hours a day to give back to the community. they should be too tired to come up with ideas and gangs in prison. They should be scared to go to prison.

This would be ideal but it will cost us more to guard them. Some of these prisoners are a burden that can never be reformed.

There are many more like this lad on the video

I understand he died few years ago.

 

[KleinBoontjie]

Ran out a long time ago inspite of releasing tens of thousands of prisoners on early parole to terrorise the country..


02 October 2000

Offender population

% overcrowding

31 July 2000

169 486

68%

Overcrowding in Prisons & Release of Prisoners; Escapes & Anti-Corruption | PMG

A meeting of the Correctional Services committee held on 03 October 2000.

pmg.org.za

Yep, they're already taking turns, to sleep.

 

[BBSA]

Send them to Australia.

 

[HelterSkelter]

They can do labour in shifts. When not labouring, sleep.

 

[Hemi300c]

But the stats provided by government says crime is down...............

 

[ForceFate]

They can do labour in shifts. When not labouring, sleep.

Our roads are filthy. Our sewage systems are overflowing. They can clean our rivers of rubble.

 

[ForceFate]

But the stats provided by government says crime is down...............

So? Down doesn't mean eliminated.
Edit:
This

The department of correctional services has conceded that it is worried about over-crowding which is on a steady rise, as evidenced by the latest shocking crime statistics.

 

[BBSA]

So? Down doesn't mean eliminated.

According to the article we have a growing crime rate.

 

[ForceFate]

According to the article we have a growing crime rate.

I'm not the one claiming it's down. However, as pointed out above, down doesn't mean it's eliminated, thus we need more prisons for new entrants into the system.

 

[Grant]

there's an island off cape town . . . .

 

[Milano]

And down means rising in socialist speak.

 

[diapason]

Why are beds needed? What's wrong with a basic mattress on the floor and a cheap blanket? Fit many more people into a cell. After all, a large chunk of our population lives like that anyway, and the roofs over their heads are less weather-proof.

 

[Milano]

Kills to put food on the table for his family. He claims to kill every day and get R20k+ per murder. Either he needs a new accountant or his family have one hell of an appetite.