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SA 'making progress' in prisoner rehabilitation
By southafrica.info
Published: 03/13/2014

South Africa is making progress in rehabilitating people in prison for committing crimes, and in creating opportunities for members of society to participate in this process, says Justice Minister Jeff Radebe.

Briefing journalists in Cape Town on Wednesday as the chairperson of the government's justice, crime prevention and security cluster, Radebe said these initiatives included the Victim-Offender Dialogue programme, as well as various education programmes to help offenders break the cycle of crime.

Introduced by the Department of Correctional Services in 2012, the Victim-Offender Dialogue programme places the victim at the centre of the corrections process, and seeks to ensure that the victim is not forgotten once the offender has been sentenced by the courts.

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