6.6 Rehabilitation 6.6.1 It remains a matter of serious concern that programmes responsible for the welfare and rehabilitation of offenders consistently receive the smallest share of the DCS' budget. It is unlikely that without sufficient funds having been allocated to these programmes, the DCS will achieve Government's objective of reducing serious and violent crime through rehabilitating inmates and equipping them with skills to be used after release, thus reducing the recidivist rate, and thereby contributing to South Africans being and feeling safe. The high rate of repeat-offending is indicative of the DCS' limited success in the area of social reintegration. If a significant improvement is to be made, a radical shift in the budget allocation to this programme would have to be effected. 6.6.2 As recommended in previous reports on the DCS' budget allocation, the budget must be aligned with its rehabilitation and reintegration objectives. The DCS should reconsider and increase its targets for developmental interventions and make the requisite allocations to its Care, Social Reintegration and Corrections programmes. These programmes are integral to the reduction of recidivism, which is the only measure for determining the DCS' success in "correcting" offending behaviour and rehabilitating offenders. 6.6.3 The Committee has always supported that all offenders should work and/or attend school, and therefore welcomes the proposed inmate labour policy. The DCS should at an appropriate juncture, and before finalisation of the policy, consult the Committee in order to ensure that our concerns are adequately addressed.