1. Introduction 1.1 On 2 and 3 February a delegation of the Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services undertook an oversight visit to Mangaung Correctional Centre, one of South Africa's two public private partnership (PPP) correctional centres and the New Kimberley Correctional Centre which was near completion at the time of the visit and was designed for delivery on the detention and rehabilitation ideals contained in the White Paper on Corrections (White Paper) of 2005. Both centres are located in the Department of Correctional Services' (DCS) Free State/Northern Cape region. 1.2 Concerned about the large number of sentenced and unsentenced children and juveniles imprisoned, the Committee paid a brief visit to the juvenile section at the Grootvlei Correctional Centre in Bloemfontein to assess the conditions of detention these young sentenced and unsentenced inmates are subjected to. 1.3. As stated in the Committee's report on its first official oversight visit to the Pollsmoor and Malmesbury correctional centres in the Western Cape, most of South Africa's correctional centres pre-date 1994 and their structure is not conducive to the implementation of the rehabilitation and reintegration ideals and strategies contained in the White Paper. Central to the success of these strategies is unit management, which requires the division of a correctional centre into small manageable units ensuring appropriate supervision and monitoring of offenders. This not only limits security risks, but also facilitates the implementation of the necessary development and rehabilitation programmes, while ensuring that detention is safe and secure and that the treatment and care of offenders did not violate South Africa's human rights framework. 1.4 The Committee is committed to seeing the entirely state-owned New Kimberley Correctional Centre, with its promise of the successful rehabilitation of offending behaviour and reintegration of offenders, become the embodiment of the objectives contained in the White Paper. It has agreed to 'adopt' the centre, and will accordingly follow its progress very closely, particularly given that future centres will be modelled on it. 2. Delegation 2.1 The delegation that visited Mangaung Correctional Centre on Tuesday, 2 February comprised the following Members: Mr V Smith (ANC, Chairperson), Ms W Ngwenya (ANC), Ms M Mdaka (ANC), Ms N Phaliso (ANC), Ms F Nyanda (ANC), Mr Z Madasa (ANC), Mr A Fritz (DA), Mr J Selfe (DA) and Ms C Blaai (COPE). 2.2 The delegation that visited the New Kimberley Correctional Centre on Wednesday, 3 February comprised the following Members: Mr V Smith (ANC, Chairperson), Ms M Mdaka (ANC), Ms N Phaliso (ANC), Ms F Nyanda (ANC), Mr Z Madasa (ANC), Mr A Fritz (DA), and Ms C Blaai (COPE).