13.1 The Committee, in May 2010, recommended that serious consideration be given to the use of surveillance cameras in cells, and reiterates that recommendation here. While the right to privacy should be respected, the current situation in the vast majority of correctional centres poses a real threat to inmates' safety and security. As the DCS' core responsibility is the safe and secure detention of those in its care, inmates' safety and security should be of paramount importance. The numerous sexual and physical assaults, deaths and acts of gang violence remain matters of grave concern.