5.2.1 Overcrowding places enormous strain on, amongst others, prison infrastructure. While some prisons are grossly overcrowded, others are under- or inappropriately utilised. The Committee recognises that the current infrastructure is not conducive to realizing the DCS' rehabilitation and will follow-up on interventions aimed at creating appropriate accommodation for juvenile offenders, mothers with babies and the awaiting trial population in particular. 5.2.2 The delays in the completion of the controversial public private partnership prisons and other new generation prisons are unacceptable as they come at great cost. Currently the DCS is in the process of procuring five additional prisons through the PPP model. The Correctional Services legislation states that the contracts for such prisons may not exceed 25 years and the Committee is pleased that National Treasury is exploring ways of reducing the term of the contracts and looks forward to the DCS' report on the outcome of that process. The DCS will be called to brief the Committee on the reasons for the continuous delays and to indicate when each of the new facilities will become operational.