Media Alert: Correctional Services Committee to Be Briefed by Department on Overcrowding Strategies

Parliament, Thursday, 24 July 2025 - The Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services will tomorrow receive a briefing from the Department of Correctional Services on the use of Section 49G of the Correctional Services Act and Section 62F of the Criminal Procedures Act applications including statistics over a three year period. Both sections speak to strategies to reduce overcrowding.Details of the meeting are as follows:Date: Friday, 25 July 2024Time: 9:30Venue: Virtual meeting platformParliamentary committees are open to the media and the public. Journalists wishing to cover these meetings (including receiving links to virtual meetings) should send their cellphone numbers to Mlindi Mpindi on email [email protected] for inclusion in the Parliamentary Communications Services WhatsApp Group, where such information is shared. Journalists must send these requests using their official email addresses (no private emails).Members of the public may follow sittings live on Parliament TV (DStv Channel 408), via live stream on Parliament YouTube channel and Twitter page on the links below. You may subscribe to the Parliament YouTube channel to receive instant notification of live feeds.Twitter: https://twitter.com/ParliamentofRSAFacebook: https://facebook.com/ParliamentofRSAYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ParliamentofRSAISSUED BY THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMUNICATION SERVICES. For media enquiries or interviews with the Chairperson, please contact the Committee's Media Officer:Name: Rajaa Azzakani (Ms)Tel: 021 403 8437Cell: 081 703 9542E-mail: [email protected]