Parole boards across the country must be sensitive to the outcry around gender-based violence and crime in general, justice and correctional services minister Ronald Lamola said on Wednesday.
Justice and correctional services minister Ronald Lamola on Wednesday promised widespread reforms to the country's parole system.Lamola said in the cases of Van Wyk and Gertse, the department has been found wanting on its mandate to reintroduce individuals who had been in prison to the public after rehabilitation from their offending behaviour.
Lamola said the department needed to have tools in place to enable it to predict with certainty whether people in the correctional system were equipped to re-engage with society. “This co-management process is critical for us to ensure that the criminal justice system is integrated at the level of paroles.”
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