7. CONCLUSION 7.1 The Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services, having considered the DCS' performance in the 2011/12 financial year, and the first quarter of the current financial year remains extremely disturbed about its financial management, service delivery performance, poor monitoring and control, severe staff shortages, and leadership challenges. The DCS' apparent unwillingness and/or inability to address the shortcomings which have been raised before, and are merely reiterated in this report, is equally disturbing. 7.2 The recommendations made in this report are aimed at addressing these concerns, and echo earlier recommendations for the alignment of the DCS' budget, and all its activities, with its rehabilitation mandate. 7.3 In the hope of elevating our concerns from mere observations and recommendations, to action we propose that a meeting between ourselves, the DCS' senior management, and its Executive should be convened before the end of the current financial year. The meeting would provide an opportunity to frankly discuss the challenges outlined above, and more importantly the mechanisms whereby the DCS' budget may be realigned so as to ensure that offender rehabilitation is prioritised.