12.1 As stated in previous reports, the Committee cannot deny the impact socio-economic conditions, such as poverty, unemployment and inaccessible basic services, have on communities and a person's propensity to commit crime. Rehabilitation and development programmes in correctional centres are aimed at correcting offending behaviour and equipping inmates to, when faced with the same conditions that had led to their initial offending behaviour, make better choices. It is not clear how this objective will be reached, given the DCS' severe shortage of key rehabilitation staff i.e. social workers, psychologists, educators and artisans to run vocational workshops. The continued small budget allocations to the rehabilitation, care and development, and reintegration programmes further jeopardise successful roll out of rehabilitation and development programmes. The DCS should ensure that its budgetary and human resource-challenges notwithstanding, the correcting of offending behaviour is not compromised. Where necessary, partnerships with stakeholders such as non-governmental organisations should be explored.