The DCS had in 2002 acquired 892 hectares adjacent to the Medium B centre for the construction of a 3 000 bed new generation correctional centre. The environmental impact assessment (EIA) done at the time revealed that an endangered frog species was resident on the land, and because it was a protected species, construction had to be abandoned. Suspicions regarding the motivation for that decision are rife particularly following the consequent emergence of a residential development in the same area.