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Correctional Services Act, 1998 (Act No. 111 of 1998)

Chapter VI : Community Corrections

50. Objectives of community corrections

 

1)
a) The objectives of community corrections are-
i) to afford sentenced offenders an opportunity to serve their sentence in a non-custodial manner;
ii) to enable persons subject to community corrections to lead a socially responsible and crime-free life during the period of their sentence and in future;
iii) to enable persons subject to community corrections to be rehabilitated in a manner that best keeps them as an integral part of society; and
iv) to enable persons subject to community corrections to be fully integrated into society when they have completed their sentences.
b) These objectives do not apply to restrictions imposed in terms of section 62(f) or 71 of the Criminal Procedure Act.

 

2) The immediate aim of the implementation of community corrections is to ensure that persons subject to community corrections abide by the conditions imposed upon them in order to protect the community from offences which such persons may commit.