1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 In its consideration of the 2009/10 Annual Report of the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services (JICS), the Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services received a briefing by the JICS on the report (17 November 2010). The Committee usually requests public comment on annual reports, but, owing to the late tabling of said report, it could not do so in this instance.