The department has identified the urgent need in this financial year to prioritize among its support processes, the design and deployment of smart technologies for its information management systems. At a push of a button we must be able to establish as to which township in Soweto has the biggest number of inmates in our prison, the categories of crimes they have been sentenced for, their age profile and the period in which those crimes were committed. This will go a long way in assisting partnerships in crime prevention and community corrections. Re-engineering remand detention Honourable Members, At the top of our business value chain resides the Remand Detention function. One of the key indicators of the efficiency of the criminal justice system is the proportion of remand detainees to sentenced offenders. Experts acknowledge that when the ratio of remand detainees, versus those serving sentences is high, the poorer is the functionality of the criminal justice system. In this regard South Africa is on the right track, with remand detainees constituting 27% of the 159 163
The department has identified the urgent need in this financial year to prioritize among its support processes, the design and deployment of smart technologies for its information management systems. At a push of a button we must be able to establish as to which township in Soweto has the biggest number of inmates in our prison, the categories of crimes they have been sentenced for, their age profile and the period in which those crimes were committed. This will go a long way in assisting partnerships in crime prevention and community corrections. Re-engineering remand detention Honourable Members, At the top of our business value chain resides the Remand Detention function. One of the key indicators of the efficiency of the criminal justice system is the proportion of remand detainees to sentenced offenders. Experts acknowledge that when the ratio of remand detainees, versus those serving sentences is high, the poorer is the functionality of the criminal justice system. In this regard South Africa is on the right track, with remand detainees constituting 27% of the 159 163
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