Operation Vala is an annual 50 day campaign which marks the
start of a stricter security period and also demonstrates the departments’
commitment to ensuring a safe and secure Festive Season for all citizens. The
campaign which runs from 28 November 2011 until 17 January 2012, is
expected to reduce escapes, improve public safety and inclusive of the safety of
officials, inmates and service providers. Heightened security measures are
employed to curb and deter any security risk to the department at our 240
operational correctional centres in South Africa.
With this effort the Department of Correctional Service would like to wish
you a safe Festive Season!