The Correctional Services Minister Sbusiso
Ndebele has called on communities to refrain from sentencing offenders to
indirect life imprisonment.
Ndebele made the call ahead of the annual
correctional week which starts next week.
The Minister made the call at the
graduation ceremony in Leeuwkop correctional centre.
Ministry Spokesperson Logan Maistry said In
South Africa , they will
commemorate annual Corrections Week from 26th September to 4th October under
the theme: ‘Rehabilitation through Reading and Skills
Development’.
Maistry added that the aim of Corrections
Week is to create awareness amongst communities, and other stakeholders, that
Corrections is a Societal Responsibility.
“When offenders have paid their dues to
society and completed their sentences, please, as communities, let us not
continue to, indirectly, impose a life sentence on them outside our
correctional centres.” Maistry said.
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