1.3 The Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services is mandated to, amongst its other statutory obligations, support the DCS in delivering on its mandate through rigorous monitoring of the implementation of, and adherence to, policies such as the White Paper on Correctional Services ("White Paper") and legislation such as the CSA, as well as the delivery of services to all sentenced and unsentenced offenders incarcerated in South Africa's state-owned and privately operated correctional centres.