3.2.6 The school at the Medium B centre was dilapidated, but, according to the area management, it would have been renovated by the end of March 2012. 3.2.7 Inmates incarcerated at the A section of the Maximum centre claimed that the centre had been without hot water for between 3 to 10 years. The centre explained that, as the Maximum centre was overcrowded, its boiler could not provide sufficient hot water for all inmates. The DCS, in response to the Committee's recommendation that it would be inhumane to force inmates to use cold water during winter months especially, and that therefore the capacity of the boiler should be increased as part of the renovation plan, reported that such a request had been communicated to the DPW on 1 February 2012.