(1) Attached as Annexure A.
(2) The Department does not have any evidence suggesting a link between overcrowding of prisons and the health deterioration of inmates. Inmates are provided with primary health care services in the correctional centres based on identified health needs and clinical conditions. Where applicable, inmates are referred to external public health facilities for secondary and tertiary levels of health care.
(3) Overcrowding places limitation in terms of space in the facilities for conducting group rehabilitation programmes.
Professionals share offices in some cases and that limits the number of inmates they can consult with per day since they have to alternate and share available common office spaces.
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