{"id":6080,"date":"2025-06-18T07:30:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T07:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fsonlinetest.fs.gov.za\/?page_id=6080"},"modified":"2025-09-29T14:35:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T12:35:35","slug":"correctional-services","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fsonline.fs.gov.za\/?page_id=6080","title":{"rendered":"Correctional services"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6080\" class=\"elementor elementor-6080\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67ec34d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"67ec34d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;,&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86fca8f 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.elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Purpose<\/strong><\/p><p>The purpose of the correctional system is to contribute to maintaining and protecting a just peaceful and safe society by:<\/p><ul><li>enforcing sentences of the courts in the manner prescribed by the Act;<\/li><li>detaining all prisoners in safe custody whilst ensuring their human dignity; and<\/li><li>promoting the social responsibility and human development of all prisoners and persons subject to community corrections.<\/li><\/ul><ul><li><p><strong>Correctional Centres<\/strong><\/p><p>Correctional Centres in the Free State\/ Northern Cape<\/p><\/li><li>Grootvlei Area<br \/>Goedemoed Area<br \/>Groentpunt Area<br \/>Bizzah Makhathe Area<br \/>Upington Area<br \/>Colesberg Area<br \/>Kimberley Area<br \/><br \/><br \/><br \/><\/li><\/ul><p align=\"justify\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0cbc1c 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