8. Both sentenced male and female offenders can elect to take part in education and/or work programmes. Providing programmes to remand detainees was not possible as they were not sentenced, and could be released at any time, making participation and completion of courses difficult. All offenders can participate in work programmes provided they met certain requirements, and depending on their security classification and willingness, but some complained of being arbitrarily prohibited from working. These complaints were disputed but the centre management nevertheless undertook to follow them up. Overcrowding, staff shortage, inadequate facilities and an inadequate budget impacted on the delivery of work programmes. It was envisaged that once the Department has fully converted from a 5 day to a 7 day work week, more staff would be available and that more work programmes would then be rolled out to inmates.