1.1.5 Following a June 2011 strategic planning workshop, the JICS embarked on a process of organisational restructuring which, as stated above, is endorsed by the new Inspecting Judge. The restructuring is aimed at enhancing the JICS' efficiency and effectiveness, and comprised four phases: developing a proposed structure (Phase 1), and accompanying job descriptions (Phase 2), a process of job evaluation (Phase 3), and approval of the structure by the Inspecting Judge and the Minister of Correctional Services (Phase 4). Phases 1 and 2 had been completed by 31 December 2011, and Phase 3 by the end of June 2012. The Inspecting Judge approved the structure, and it was submitted for ministerial approval, via the National Commissioner on 21 August 2012. At the time of reporting the outcome was still unknown. In March 2012 the Committee had welcomed the organisational transformation the restructuring implies, and had registered its concern about the process' dependence on a recommendation by the DCS. Given the delay, for which the DCS has not provided an explanation, those concerns appear justified. The CEO hopes that the structure would be approved by 31 October 2012, in order for the processes needed for implementation to commence. The JICS pointed out that the uncertainty surrounding the approval made it very difficult for it to plan its activities, and appealed to the Committee for assistance in fast- tracking the process.