2.1.6 Investigations may be conducted on referral by the JICS' Mandatory Reporting or Complaints units, or occasionally on instruction of the Inspecting Judge or other organs of state. According to the 2011/12 annual report, 11 investigations were conducted at correctional centres in the DCS' Limpopo/Mpumalanga/North West (2), Gauteng (4), Free State/Northern Cape (2) and Western Cape (2) regions. The investigations were in response to very serious allegations including the rape and torture of offenders by officials, arson and unnatural deaths. In the first quarter of the 2012/13 financial year, six investigations were conducted.