Management of Remand Detainees in South Africa - DCS-Home

2.9 International Best Practice regarding RDs 34
2.9.1 Interdisciplinary approaches to reduce the length and application of
Remand detention in order to eliminate the problem of overcrowding 36
2.9.2 Staff working conditions and training 36
2.9.3 Juveniles in remand detention 36
2.9.4 Women in remand detention 36
2.9.5 Access to information and legal counselling 37
2.9.6 Constructive and purposeful education, occupation and other
activities in remand detention 37
2.9.7 Contact with the utside world 37
2.9.8 Health 38
2.9.9 Prevention of ill treatment in pre-trial detention facilities 38
2.9.10 The need for monitoring of Remand Detention Centres 38
2.10 Proposals for South African context 38
Chapter 3: Legal Framework 41
3.1 Introduction 41
3.2 Domestic Legal Framework 41
3.2.1 Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 41
3.2.2 Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977 43
3.2.3 South African Police Service Act 68 of 1995 (SAPS Act) 46
3.2.4 Correctional Services Act 111 of 1998 46
3.2.5 Immigration Act No 13 of 2002 47
3.2.6 The Mental Health Act No. 17 of 2002 47
3.2.7 The White Paper on Corrections in South Africa 2005 47
3.2.8 The protocol on the procedures to be followed in applying section 63A
of Criminal Procedures Act, 1977 48
3.2.9 Management of awaiting detainees policy 48
3.2.10 Child Justice Act (Act 75 of 2008) 48
3.3 International legal framework 48
3.3.1 The Universal declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), 1948 49
3.3.2 The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 49
3.3.3 The African Charter on human and people’s rights 51
3.3.4 Other applicable international standards and guidelines 51
3.4 Conclusion 51
3.4.1 Challenges arising from the Legal Framework 52
3.4.1.1 Criminal Procedure Act (Act 51 of 1977) 52
3.4.1.2 Correctional Services Act (Act 111 of 1998) 52
3.4.1.3 Child Justice Act (Act 75 of 2008) 53
3.4.2 Proposals 53
Chapter 4: Profile of RDs 56
4.1 Introduction 56
4.2 Overview of RD population in DCS 57
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