4.7.1 In addition to its staffing shortages, the centres in the area also suffered acute shortages in other areas e.g. there were insufficient computers, resulting in officials having to queue to write reports, thus causing further case-flow blockages and delays in CSPB hearings, for instance. Despite the size of the inmate population in the Durban Westville management area, its budget is far less than those of the five centres in the country that received the biggest allocations.