PEN2607 MAY/JUNE 48 HOURS EXAM
Administration of the Correctional Services Act
2023 – UNISA
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,Table of Contents
Page
SECTION 1: ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF SOURCES AND PLAGIARISM.......................................................1
Question 1.1......................................................................................................................................1
Question 1.2......................................................................................................................................1
What to do to avoid plagiarism when completing an answer file..................................................1
Question 1.3......................................................................................................................................2
Whether students should acknowledge a source even when they quote verbatim only a few
paragraphs from that source..........................................................................................................2
Question 1.4......................................................................................................................................2
Why students must include a “List of References” at the end of an assignment or portfolio........2
SECTION 2: LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS....................................................................................................3
Question 2.1......................................................................................................................................3
The three (3) different types of provisions.....................................................................................3
Question 2.2......................................................................................................................................4
The purpose of each type of provision and emphasise the main differences between the
purpose of each.............................................................................................................................4
Question 2.3......................................................................................................................................4
Words or phrases expected to be found in each type of provision................................................4
Question 2.4......................................................................................................................................5
Hypothetical examples of my own of each of the three types of provision to illustrate my
understanding of the differences between the three types...........................................................5
Question 2.5......................................................................................................................................6
Provide real examples of each type of provision that you have identified from the Correctional
Services Act 111 of 1998................................................................................................................6
Question 2.6......................................................................................................................................6
The difference between five (5) different categories of persons subject to community
corrections.....................................................................................................................................6
Question 2.7......................................................................................................................................8
The difference between “community corrections” and “correctional supervision”.......................8
SECTION 3: SEPARATION, SEGREGATION AND SAFE CUSTODY...............................................................9
Question 3.1......................................................................................................................................9
The difference between separation requirements and segregation..............................................9
Question 3.2......................................................................................................................................9
Requirements by the Correctional Services Act, Act 111 of 1998, regarding compulsory
separation of particular categories of inmates from other categories...........................................9
, Question 3.3....................................................................................................................................11
The specific grounds on which segregation of one or more inmates, from other inmates, will be
justified........................................................................................................................................11
Question 3.4....................................................................................................................................12
Three offences or transgressions of the Correctional Services Act 111 of 1998, that correctional
officials, who may have directly or indirectly contributed to an escape by an inmate, may be
guilty of........................................................................................................................................12
SECTION 4: LAWFUL USE OF FORCE AND SAFE CUSTODY....................................................................14
Question 4.1....................................................................................................................................14
Respond to the statement (or opinion expressed): “Force should simply be avoided at all times,
no matter the circumstances, and therefore correctional officials should never use force”.
Whether you agree or disagree...................................................................................................14
Question 4.2....................................................................................................................................15
A description of the requirements for private defence to constitute a legally justifiable defence,
against a charge of assault...........................................................................................................15
Question 4.3....................................................................................................................................16
A clear example of circumstances in which I can confidently argue that the use of force will likely
be judged or deemed as unlawful................................................................................................17
Question 4.4....................................................................................................................................17
The consequences (or effect) of unlawful use of force................................................................17
REFERENCES.........................................................................................................................................20
Administration of the Correctional Services Act
2023 – UNISA
PASS WITH 80%+
FOR ASSIGNMENT, PORTFOLIO & EXAM
ASSISTANCE
WHATSAPP: +27 78 156 2606
,Table of Contents
Page
SECTION 1: ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF SOURCES AND PLAGIARISM.......................................................1
Question 1.1......................................................................................................................................1
Question 1.2......................................................................................................................................1
What to do to avoid plagiarism when completing an answer file..................................................1
Question 1.3......................................................................................................................................2
Whether students should acknowledge a source even when they quote verbatim only a few
paragraphs from that source..........................................................................................................2
Question 1.4......................................................................................................................................2
Why students must include a “List of References” at the end of an assignment or portfolio........2
SECTION 2: LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS....................................................................................................3
Question 2.1......................................................................................................................................3
The three (3) different types of provisions.....................................................................................3
Question 2.2......................................................................................................................................4
The purpose of each type of provision and emphasise the main differences between the
purpose of each.............................................................................................................................4
Question 2.3......................................................................................................................................4
Words or phrases expected to be found in each type of provision................................................4
Question 2.4......................................................................................................................................5
Hypothetical examples of my own of each of the three types of provision to illustrate my
understanding of the differences between the three types...........................................................5
Question 2.5......................................................................................................................................6
Provide real examples of each type of provision that you have identified from the Correctional
Services Act 111 of 1998................................................................................................................6
Question 2.6......................................................................................................................................6
The difference between five (5) different categories of persons subject to community
corrections.....................................................................................................................................6
Question 2.7......................................................................................................................................8
The difference between “community corrections” and “correctional supervision”.......................8
SECTION 3: SEPARATION, SEGREGATION AND SAFE CUSTODY...............................................................9
Question 3.1......................................................................................................................................9
The difference between separation requirements and segregation..............................................9
Question 3.2......................................................................................................................................9
Requirements by the Correctional Services Act, Act 111 of 1998, regarding compulsory
separation of particular categories of inmates from other categories...........................................9
, Question 3.3....................................................................................................................................11
The specific grounds on which segregation of one or more inmates, from other inmates, will be
justified........................................................................................................................................11
Question 3.4....................................................................................................................................12
Three offences or transgressions of the Correctional Services Act 111 of 1998, that correctional
officials, who may have directly or indirectly contributed to an escape by an inmate, may be
guilty of........................................................................................................................................12
SECTION 4: LAWFUL USE OF FORCE AND SAFE CUSTODY....................................................................14
Question 4.1....................................................................................................................................14
Respond to the statement (or opinion expressed): “Force should simply be avoided at all times,
no matter the circumstances, and therefore correctional officials should never use force”.
Whether you agree or disagree...................................................................................................14
Question 4.2....................................................................................................................................15
A description of the requirements for private defence to constitute a legally justifiable defence,
against a charge of assault...........................................................................................................15
Question 4.3....................................................................................................................................16
A clear example of circumstances in which I can confidently argue that the use of force will likely
be judged or deemed as unlawful................................................................................................17
Question 4.4....................................................................................................................................17
The consequences (or effect) of unlawful use of force................................................................17
REFERENCES.........................................................................................................................................20
