4.5.2 The 5% reduction in the correctional sentence plan (CSP) backlog envisaged for the 2009/10 financial year is woefully low and reflects the DCS' lack of commitment to providing all offenders with the CSPs that will map their rehabilitation. Oversight visits, and JICS reports reveal that participation in rehabilitation, education and development programmes, even where sentence plans have been compiled, remain extremely low. In the absence of true commitment to sentence planning it is clear that the DCS will not be able to meet its rehabilitation objectives, and that the culture of using correctional centres to 'warehouse' offenders, resulting repeat-offending, is likely to continue. The DCS should, as a matter of urgency, develop a strategy for the fast-tracking of the development and implementation of sentence plans. Such a strategy should draw on all resources available to address the backlog, including close cooperation with non- government organisations and other relevant stakeholders with expertise in the area. The DCS' quarterly reports to the Committee must include updates on progress made in this regard.