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Parole officers are drowning in cases

Just 933 officers for 82,000 parolees and probationers

South Africa’s parole officers are overburdened. On average across the country, there are 87 parolees/probationers per monitoring officer. The Department of Correctional Services’ ideal ratio is 30 per officer.
Four years ago, the ratio was 58 parolees per officer. The number of monitoring officials nationwide has halved since 2022, from 1,873 to 933, while the caseload has only slightly diminished.
KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng and Eastern Cape all have more than 100 parolees/probationers per officer.
When a prisoner is granted parole or probation, they are assigned a parole monitoring officer. Usually, they will remain under the supervision of the parole officer until the end of their prison sentence.
The parole officer is supposed to make contact via telephone and pay visits to…

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