1.1. A delegation of the Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services (the Committee) visited the following Department of Correctional Services (DCS) facilities between 26 July to 12 August 2011: the Kroonstad Correctional Services Training Centre, Free State province (26 July); the Kroonstad correctional centres, Free State province (26 July); the Boksburg correctional centres, Gauteng province (27 July); the Durban Westville correctional centres, Kwazulu Natal province (28 July); the Mthatha correctional centres , Eastern Cape province (3 August); and the St Albans correctional centres, Eastern Cape (4 August).