3.11 Release of seriously ill inmates on medical parole 3.11.1 The Pretoria Correctional Centre had an accredited wellness clinic as well as a fulltime doctor. When considering whether a seriously ill inmate should be paroled for medical reasons, the DCS takes into account a number of factors including whether the inmate has a support system that would be able to provide him or her with the care needed. Sometimes families are unable and unwilling to take in their ill relatives, in such cases medical parole would be inhumane. Only seriously ill inmates qualify for medical parole and where they cannot be released to the care of their families, the DCS does all it can to refer them to hospices.