14.1 The DCS claims that all inmates are assessed for vulnerability upon admission, and are housed separately from the general population. However, at both the Boksburg and Durban Westville correctional centres, the delegation came across inmates who were visibly mentally unwell, but were accommodated among the general population. The Committee remains resolute that no mentally ill persons should be incarcerated, and that, therefore, the DCS should make every effort to ensure that they are diverted to mental health institutions. Where their accommodation in correctional centres cannot be avoided at all, their separation from the rest of the population is non-negotiable. The DCS should submit a comprehensive report profiling the number of mentally ill inmates in their centres as at 31 October 2011, detailing the external support they are getting from their families, the DSD and the Department of Health (DOH), as well as the interventions the three departments have made to have such persons accommodated elsewhere. The report should be submitted by 30 November 2011.