4. Mangaung Correctional Centre 4.1 The Mangaung Correctional Centre is situated outside Bloemfontein. The PPP correctional centres are managed by a holding company, in the case of Mangaung, G4S, with 2 Department of Correctional Services (DCS) controllers on site to ensure the holding company's compliance in terms of the Correctional Services Act of 1998 as well as its contractual obligations. The Head of the Centre as well as all staff are G4S employees. The contract between the DCS and G4S is for a period of 25 years after which the centre will be owned and operated by the State. The Centre took 14 months to complete and became operational in July 2001. 4.2 Mangaung Correctional Centre is a maximum security facility housing 2 928 sentenced adult male offenders (agreed to in the contract and therefore never exceeded). 1 217 offenders are serving sentences of 20 years or longer, 800 of them are "lifers". 4.3 The Centre operates on the concept of unit management and is divided into housing blocks, accommodating inmates in either single or double cells. Each unit is managed by a single warder. Units and other facilities are linked through a number of "streets" used to access workshops, educational facilities, sports fields, kitchens etc. 4.4 Offenders are transferred from centres across the country and all of them are assessed upon admission to ensure that they are assigned a structured day programme best suited to their rehabilitation needs.