REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA COMBINED SECOND PERIODIC REPORT UNDER THE AFRICAN CHARTER ON HUMAN AND PEOPLE`S RIGHTS and INITIAL REPORT UNDER THE PROTOCOL TO THE AFRICAN CHARTER ON THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN IN AFRICA  Providing women placed on parole with opportunities to develop themselves as part of the development possibilities available to sentenced offenders;  Partnering with external stakeholders such as non-governmental organisations, faith based organisations and other government departments to enhance support provided to women in the form of corrective and rehabilitation initiatives;  Development and implementation of mother and child units in correctional facilities to ensure that mothers take care of their children and those children born in incarceration are afforded a normal life as much as possible through early childhood development programmes and interaction with other children of mothers in incarceration. Children in detention 85. The number of children in remand detention has also decreased substantially with most such RDs incarcerated for less than 6 months. 86. Children whose cases are still to be finalised are a focus area and their cases are prioritised. They are also brought back to court every 14 days so that their circumstances and trials can be monitored. Initially the DCS was reporting on children from age 14 to 17, but since the implementation of the Child Justice Act, 2005 the age range captured in the statistics is from 14 to below 18 years, as in accordance with the Act. Table 1 below shows the number of children detained in correctional facilities from 2002 to 2013. Table 1: Number of children detained (remand detained and sentenced) in correctional facilities 14 to 17 years Year Average 2002 for Average 2003 for Average 2004 for Average 2005 for Average 2006 for RD Sentenced Total 2255 1796 4051 2324 1802 4126 1912 1698 3610 1332 1233 2564 1144 1095 2239 30