2.3 The DCS will pursue the following 5 priorities over the medium term: - an intensified fight against crime and corruption through improved security hopefully resulting in a decrease in escapes, assaults and unnatural deaths; - entrenching corrections as a societal responsibility through, amongst others, facilitating structured stakeholder participation, the establishment of community safety fora, contributing to the development of the national policy framework for community safety, the promotion of the care and development of offenders in order to facilitate reintegration and decrease recidivism; - improved service delivery at correctional centre level through the development of correctional sentence plans and the establishment of remand detention facilities; - building internal capacity for improved centre level service delivery; and - aligning the Correctional Services Legislation with the 2005 White Paper on Corrections