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

Chapter X : Independent Correctional Centre Visitors

94. Visitors' Committee

 

1) Where appropriate, the Inspecting Judge may establish a Visitors' Committee for a particular area consisting of the Independent Correctional Centre Visitors appointed to correctional centres in that area.

 

2) The Committee must meet at least quarterly.

 

3) The functions of the Committee are-
a) to consider unresolved complaints with a view to their resolution;
b) to submit to the Inspecting Judge those complaints which the Committee cannot resolve;
c) to organise a schedule of visits;
d) to extend and promote the community’s interest and involvement in correctional matters; and
e) to submit minutes of meetings to the Inspecting Judge.