ABET - Pre-Adult Basic Education and Training 

ACHPR - African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights  

AET - Adult Education and Training 

APCOF - African Policing Civilian Oversight Forum 

ART - Antiretroviral Therapy 

CCTV - Closed-Circuit Television 

CSO - Civil Society Organisation 

CSP - Correctional Sentence Plan 

CSPB - Correctional Supervision and Parole Board 

CU - Complaints Unit 

CYCC - Child and Youth Care Centre 

DAC - Department of Arts and Culture 

DCS - Department of Correctional Services 

DHS - Department of Home Affairs 

DPWI - Department of Public Works and Infrastructure 

EST/Ninjas - Emergency Security Team 

FBO - Faith-Based Organisation 

FET - Further Education and Training 

HIV/AIDS - Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome 

ICCV - Independent Correctional Centre Visitor 

JDI-SA - Just Detention International - South Africa 

JICS - Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services 

LASA - Legal Aid South Africa 

LHR – Lawyers for Human Rights 

NPM - National Preventive Mechanism 

OPCAT - Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 

PPP - Public Private Partnership 

SAHRC - South African Human Rights Commission 

SAPS - South African Police Service 

SOP - Standard Operating Procedure 

SPT - Subcommittee for the Prevention of Torture 

STI - Sexually Transmitted Infection 

UNCAT - United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 

VOD - Victim Offender Dialogue