4.5 Health Care 4.5.1 The provision of quality mental health care in correctional centres is critical for both inmates and officials. By the end of the 2009 financial year the psychologist-inmate ratio stood at 1: 7 510. The DCS must take the necessary steps to address the shortage of psychologists through incentives that would attract such health specialists. Such efforts should be accompanied by adequate career- pathing so as to ensure that once acquired, the skills are retained.