6.7 Safe custody 6.7.1 The Committee is concerned that despite the DCS' poor performance with regard to assaults in correctional centres, both in the 2011/12 financial year, and in the first quarter of the current financial year, the DCS reported in October 2012 that regional workshops were to take place to evaluate strategies in place. This gave little assurance of the DCS' commitment to provide secure incarceration, despite the challenges posed by overcrowding. In addition to the reports already provided by the JICS, the DCS should henceforth submit quarterly reports on all investigations of assaults and unnatural deaths in which officials have been implicated. These should include updates on investigations, and whether matters were being pursued criminally.