DA reiterates its call for an urgent overhaul of parole policy [SOUND]

# The DA reiterates its call for an urgent overhaul of parole policy with a risk-based assessment system that factors in community impact and bars early release for violent and firearm-related offenders, unless strict rehabilitation and reintegration conditions are met. The DA’s Nicholas Gotsell says a parliamentary reply by Correctional Services minister, Pieter Groenewald, highlighted a dangerous link between parole policy failures and the ongoing gang and drug wars plaguing the Cape Flats: