5.5 Care, Development and Corrections 5.5.1 Less than 11% of offenders had sentence plans developed in the period under review. Given that the care, development and corrections programmes an offender is exposed to while incarcerated, is informed by his or her sentence plan, the Committee is deeply concerned about the slow progress in this regard. With a recidivism rate of 95%, it is critical that appropriate sentence plans are developed for each offender to ensure that their offending behaviour is adequately addressed. The Committee acknowledges that given the high level of overcrowding such programmes, even if adequately funded, would be an enormous challenge to run. While the Committee notes the DCS' shortage of skilled professionals such as teachers, and infrastructural challenges that do not always make delivery on such services possible, it must emphasise, as it did in its Report on the DCS' 2009/10 Budget and Strategic Plan, that there should be greater synergy between the Department's strategic objectives, and how it funds its programmes.