(1) An IT Audit was conducted on 14 December 2021, on the email of the Management Area to verify the existence of the email sent by next of kin (Anette Nel), however, no record could be found for the date of 04 December 2020. It should be noted that the offender was no longer incarcerated in Boksburg Medium Correctional Centre on the mentioned date as he was released on 07 December 2019.
The offender was admiteed in Boksburg Correctional Facility on 25 November 2019 to serve an incarceration period of 14 days on a “Writ of Contempt of Court” dated 16 October 2019 by Pretoria High Court.
If such application was received, the Head of Correctional Centre would have complied with applicable sections 26 and 27 of the Mental Health Care Act, 2002 in dealing with the request as follows:
Application for assisted care, treatment and rehabilitation services 27. (1) (a) An application reffered to in section 26 may only be made by the spouse, next of kin, partner, associate, parent or guardian of a Mental Health care user, but where the- (b) the application refered to in paragraph (a) must have seen the mental health care user within seven days before making the application. (c) state the date, time and place where the user was last seen by the applicant within seven days before the application is made
No records exist in the visitors book to prove that the next of kin saw the offender within the required period by permission of the Head of Correctional Centre for this purpose. The offender was released on the expiry of his sentence on 07 December 2019.
(2) Not applicable
(3) Not applicable
(4) Not applicable
(5) Not applicable
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