Former Paralympian and convicted murderer Oscar Pistorius has been sent back to a prison in Gauteng.
Pistorius has been at St Albans since late last year to prepare for a Victim-Offender-Dialogue (VOD) with the parents of his victim, Reeva Steenkamp.
The Department of Correctional Services says the process has been completed.
The Steenkamp family Tania Koen confirmed that Barry Steenkamp met with Pistorius and said no other comments will be made.
This transfer means that Pistorius will continue serving his sentence at Atteridgeville Correctional Centre as participating in the VOD is not a parole placement process but takes place prior to an offender being considered for parole.
Pistorius is eligible for parole after serving half of his 13-year sentence for murder.
This process is of a very sensitive and emotional nature as it forms part of Pistorius' path to rehabilitation wherein he can acknowledge the harm he has caused to his victims and society at large.
The VOD process was launched nine years ago in an attempt to assist offenders to be re-integrated into society.
According to Correction Services, the philosophy of VODs is informed by the constitutional obligation that the offender is a citizen, a human being who has strayed from his or her path and must be assisted by the corrections system to rehabilitate and return to the path of good citizenship.
