‘Wicked problem’ adds to prisons’ challenge – DCS
OvERCROWDING is a global phenomenon which may undermine efforts by any correctional system to impart change in the lives of offenders, said Department of Correctional Services (DCS) national spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo.
He said the problems within the South African correctional system remained a perennial challenge, which the DCS continued to address through a multi-pronged approach.
Under its legal mandate, he said, the DCS’s primary responsibility was enforcing sentences of court orders through a warrant of detention or committal. The department could not refuse detention of
