3.2 In May 2010 the Committee had recommended that the DCS should, as a matter of urgency, perform an audit of each centre's staffing requirements, so as to ensure that the shift system used at each centre is specific to that centre's needs i.e. ensures maximum security of both inmates and staff and does not compromise service delivery. The outcome of this exercise and remedial action taken were to have been submitted to the Committee by 31 March 2011. Eighteen months later, concerns about the shift system remain, and it is not clear whether an audit has been done. The DCS should provide the Committee with a detailed plan for how it intends to successfully implement the 7DE without compromising security and over-extending its human resources, as well as what the ideal inmate to warder ratio, per centre, is. If, given the DCS' staff shortages and challenges in terms of recruitment, the shift system is found to not be implementable; the Committee should be presented with viable alternatives. This information should be submitted by 30 January 2012.