5.8 While spending on security remains high, the projected outcomes are extremely low e.g. R52,1 million will be paid to a service provider for the maintenance and staffing of security rooms and the maintenance of security access control systems and security fences, yet the DCS hopes to reduce escapes from 4 to 1 per 10 000 inmates only. It was argued that less should be spent on projects that are high in cost and had limited outcomes. Since 2005 billions of rands have been spent on security with little affect; a low cost investment in social security would have had a much higher impact.