2.3 Leeuwkop Correctional Centre 2.3.1 The Leeuwkop management area is situated approximately 30 kms from Pretoria in the Gauteng province and comprises four centres: Medium A, Medium B (Juvenile), Medium C and Maximum. 2.3.2 The area can accommodate 3 089 male offenders and at the time of the visit accommodated approximately 4 783 sentenced offenders: 1 053 at Medium A, 792 at Medium B, 1 283 at Medium C and 1623 at the Maximum Security Centre. Though all the centres are over-populated, the Maximum Centre experienced the worst levels of overcrowding. 2.3.3 At the time of the visit the correctional centres in the area operated on a 2x12 hour shift system.