3.14.2 The large number of awaiting-trial detainees (ATDs) encountered at the Rustenburg Correctional Centre, Pretoria and Durban-Westville was ascribed to the DCS not being able to release ATDs because bail has either not been set owing to the serious nature of the crimes they stood accused of, or because the DCS and South African Police Service (SAPS) did not have reliable addresses, thus increasing the risk of them absconding should they be released on bail. In many cases bail had been set, but offenders had no means of paying it. Delays in police investigations and court proceedings made speedy judgments and sentencing impossible. 3.14.3 Gauteng has the biggest concentration of women offenders, and it would be best to detain all women, including mothers with children, at a centre that was centrally located. Although the Johannesburg facility is also not entirely suitable, conditions there are more humane and therefore the DCS decided to transfer all women and women with babies to that facility. Suitable state-owned land was available at Attridgeville. The needs analysis has been done and the process of public consultation was underway. The DCS has taken best practices in other countries into consideration.