South African Department of Correctional Services

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**Department of Correctional Services**

Established:	1990 ^[1]
Activated:
Minister:	Ngconde Balfour
Deputy Minister:	Loretta Jacobus
Commissioner	Vernie Peterson
Budget:
Employees:

The Department of Correctional Services is one of the departments of the South African government. It is responsible for running South Africa's prison system.

The department has about 34,000 staff and is responsible for the administration of 240 prisons, which accommodates about 189,748 inmates. The prisons include minimum, medium and maximum security facilities.

1 Correctional centres
2 Notable prisons
3 Branches
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Correctional centres

The 240 prisons run by the department include:

8 women-only prisons
13 prisons for young offenders
40 prisons for male offenders
72 prisons for both male and female offenders
5 prisons that are temporarily closed down or undergoing renovations

[edit] Notable prisons

Pollsmoor Prison in the Western Cape Province is the largest maximum security prison and houses inmates serving life or long term sentences.
C Max in Pretoria is also a maximum security prison which houses inmates serving long sentences and those that are considered flight risks.