3.4.2 The August visit revealed that the deployment of largely inexperienced female offenders in units have led to their victimisation, harassment and intimidation by offenders. The bulk of the staff, male and female, had no more than 2 years' experience and had up until the 3 August incident, performed their duties without the necessary monitoring and evaluation. Eighty-four officials have since been deployed to supervise the new recruits and officials at the old Kimberley Correctional Centre have committed themselves to providing the necessary support to the new recruits. The Northern Cape/Free State region has committed itself to ensuring that at least half of the officials will be experienced correctional officials able to provide supervision and guidance to inexperienced officials.